Toyotas don't kill people, idiots do.
Discussion
It turns out that from data studied from a large number of Toyota accidents, that it was driver error from the old granny trick of slowing down an automatic by using full throttle.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487038...
"The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open and the brakes were not engaged, people familiar with the findings said.
The results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyota and Lexus vehicles surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator when they intended to jam on the brakes. But the findings don't exonerate Toyota from two known issues blamed for sudden acceleration in its vehicles: sticky accelerator pedals and floor mats that can trap accelerator pedals to the floor."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487038...
"The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open and the brakes were not engaged, people familiar with the findings said.
The results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyota and Lexus vehicles surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator when they intended to jam on the brakes. But the findings don't exonerate Toyota from two known issues blamed for sudden acceleration in its vehicles: sticky accelerator pedals and floor mats that can trap accelerator pedals to the floor."
Edited by TheEnd on Tuesday 13th July 22:10
Negative Creep said:
It's still beyond me how anyone, even an American, can be so retarded as to press the wrong pedal
You don't need to be American. Just old. I remember a particularly ugly incident in Bath where an old gent pulling out of a side road got a bit confused and hit what he thought was the brakes. It wasn't the brakes, and he squished some poor youngster against iron railings. Fatally.Long before Toyota's current troubles.
Edited by grumbledoak on Tuesday 13th July 22:44
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