Reply #75: yes of course. [View All]

[yodoobo]

It advises against putting a Prius in neutral. Could cause damage to the vehicle. this is true of all vehicle that don't have software blocks. Even with a rev limiter its not healthy for an engine to be pinned against redline.

If the neutral was software blocked, it wouldn't be an issue.

Of course in an emergency, redlining or damaging the engine is a preferable result over an accident at 90+ mph speeds.


This is a nice academic discussion, but it has no application to this particular event, as the driver in this instance refuses to try to put it in neutral and in fact never did place the vehicle in neutral. So we are discussing a possibility that was not even attempted.

If had had done as the person giving assistance suggested, the incident would have ended quickly albeit with possible damage to the engine.