WEST JORDAN, Utah, Oct. 31, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — An 88-year-old man was not injured after he hit the gas instead of the brake and drove through the front window of a Subway restaurant in West Jordan Wednesday.
Officer Scott List from West Jordan Police Department told Gephardt Daily the incident occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. when the man was pulling into a Subway restaurant parking lot at 7800 S. and 3078 West.
“It appears from what he told us that he hit the gas instead of the brake, he says his foot slipped off the brake and he ran into the glass wall of the building,” List said.
The man was not injured, and the car is driveable, he added.
List said he’s not sure how much damage was caused to the Subway, but a building inspector was called out and the structural integrity of the building is intact. He said the area of the crash has been cordoned off but the Subway is open for business.
“They are just cleaning up the mess and getting back to business,” List said.
It’s not clear at this time if the man will receive a citation since the incident occurred on private property.
Another right foot pedal error, part of the right foot braking epidemic? If so let’s make sure we blame the driver, especially if they are a women or old (over 40!). Never blame the guys in charge of driver legislation and training who set the driver up to fail. They forced this driver to brake an automatic transmission vehicle with only the right foot. They did this knowing they had 0 Scientific Justification and that right foot braking is too complicated and difficult to mentally maintain with age, dangerously inefficient, (poor stopping distance) and even more dangerous, (subject to right foot pedal error) compared to the simpler and safer (But girly!) left foot braking method. See DOT HS 811 597, 812 058 and 812 431 (spaces required). NHTSA refuses to use the term “right foot pedal errors” but instead calls it “pedal misapplication” and always blames the drivers for not being experts. Score to date, 150,000 dead (19 Every Day), millions injured, and billions in costs. The price male drivers, both in and out of government, are prepared to pay to maintain their systemic belief in a “Killer” braking method based on the scientific foundation of, “That’s the way it’s always been taught”! This is not about which braking method is safer but rather why they refuse to scientifically compare the two methods and continue to produce misinformation about other proposed braking methods. Was it driver error or the way we taught them to brake?