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Originally Posted by businessdude
I can see how he gets accelerator and break pedal mixed up on a new car - but for how long was he pressing the gas? You press it, speed up, and then get off of it right away. He went off the road, across a median, crossed two lanes of road, and through a grass area and still was going 75 when he hit the tree?
Yeah, something still doesn't add up. It seems their theory is that he was wide awake and speeding, realized he was going way too fast and then hit the gas instead of the brakes. Does it seem likely that if he was awake and speeding, he wouldn't already have his foot on the gas (in which case he would know where his foot was)? If he did accidentally hit the gas while awake, wouldn't he quickly switch his foot from the gas to the brakes and/or swerve to avoid going over the median and over the other side of the road? They previously said there was no indication of steering input or braking.
Maybe he was speeding... nodded off due to medication he took that morning or the previous night... falling asleep with his foot on the gas and/or gravity (downhill road) caused his speed to increase further... since he was asleep, he didn't negotiate the relatively gentle curve and went over the median and then the other side of the road without braking/swerving... and never woke up before hitting the tree, because he didn't nod off briefly, but rather was under the influence of one or more heavy duty Rx. That makes a lot more sense to me than what they're trying to spin (and their story has already changed from falling asleep to excessive speeding... this accounts for both and fits with Tiger's history).