Rat's Nuts Likley To Blame For Driver's Traffic Accident

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ARDMORE, Okla. -- It's a nutty explanation, but a mechanic says a rat is to blame for a traffic accident.

Carol Windham was forced to run a red light Wednesday when her gas pedal stuck down after she hit the brakes. Pressing both feet on the pedal, she managed to get her 1984 Chevrolet van through the intersection unscathed and was able to stop it near a fast-food restaurant.

The van was towed to an auto repair shop, where mechanic Jeff Rutledge popped the hood and found a pile of pecans.

"There were probably 50 pecans," he said. "It looked like a wood rat had nested."

Apparently, when Windham depressed the brake pedal, one of the pecans fell and lodged next to the accelerator cable, causing the throttle to stick open.

Rutledge said rat problems are not uncommon this time of year.

"It makes about the third one we've had over the last two weeks," he said. "Rats can chew through fuel lines and electrical wires, too."

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If you have ever heard Louis Black's rant on people with thier water bottle fetish you get it.A water bottle falls under the brake petal,Lindsay takes out 2 other cars at a stop light.A day in L.A. it's surprising this doesn't happen more often.
I saw a shmuck in his Hummer that had his d.v.d. player on the dash board,he's got a 190 ounce big gulp,a cell phone going and he's watching t.v.,reading a fax and has the auto suck going full blast.Multi tasking at 70 miles an hour=it's hard work-it's hard work.