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....
this had all the makin's of a good ol fashion merican lynchin until someone decided to think. when does the plane leave to japan with the big sorry? how about never?
Interesting....Oh...I don't see this story being splashed on CNN or Fox. Very odd...
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.
QuoteBut 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.Nothing here we didn't already know. Toyota has a design defect.One wonders why they recalled millions and millions of vehicles if that was not the case.
Can't wait for CatEye's response to this...... Course could be hard to know, as so many have him on ignore...
Quote from: ovr50 on July 13, 2010, 05:42:13 pmCan't wait for CatEye's response to this...... Course could be hard to know, as so many have him on ignore... Oh, go drive your Toyota off a cliff...
There's a few posters who haven't jumped on this quite as quickly as they might have if the story said the opposite...As many have said, the chances of not being able to overcome the throttle by stomping on the brakes is pretty remote, so there's always been something a little fishy about the story.
Quote from: tenpenny on July 14, 2010, 06:47:50 amThere's a few posters who haven't jumped on this quite as quickly as they might have if the story said the opposite...As many have said, the chances of not being able to overcome the throttle by stomping on the brakes is pretty remote, so there's always been something a little fishy about the story.Saw it yesterday...decided to wait and see how long it took to post. I don't see a time stamp on the WSJ article...it was posted as BREAKING on AutoBlog at 3:26...and posted on here 22 minutes later. Point being Toyota gets lots of help 'round here....don't worry about them in this place.
He doesn't have a Toyota...LOL
But no help from the US gov't......
