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Far reaching implications for this Toyota fiasco...
What is to stop ANYONE from claiming that their accelerator "stuck" in a Toyota involved in an accident to avoid liability?
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Obviously anybody that does get into an at-fault wreck in a Toyota is going to claim the car caused it. Thats the problem with these allegations being tossed out there left and right. Its just a big mess now...
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Here you go
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...lack-box-data/ The statement said information is captured about vehicle speed, the accelerator's angle, gear shift position, whether the seat belt was used and the angle of the driver's seat. |
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Same article also states Toyota has been unwilling to cooperate on releasing the ECU data after crashes despite subpoena. So anyone driving a Toyota involved in an accident has a pretty darn good chance of claiming unintended acceleration or stuck pedal and no one is really going to be able to prove it otherwise. |
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The government made up this entire crisis in order to boost the American car companies. The media needed a new story since the "financial crisis" headline was getting old, so they turned a few complaints into a fiasco. Toyotas are great cars.
I bet there are other cases of unintended acceleration from other (American?) car companies that aren't being highlighted or investigated. I wonder why? I like having a mechanical linkage under my left foot to disengage the engine and transmission to stop any engine-motivated acceleration. It's called a clutch. |
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