Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms

cyclocommuter writes "Some Toyota owners are up in arms as they suspect that accidents have been caused by some kind of glitch in the electronic computer system used in Toyotas that controls the throttle. Refusing to accept the explanation of Toyota and the federal government (it involves the driver's-side floor mat), hundreds of Toyota owners are in rebellion after a series of accidents caused by what they call 'runaway cars.' Four people have died." The article notes: "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has done six separate investigations of such acceleration surges in Toyotas since 2003 and found no defect in Toyota's electronics."

Comments

Re:Go to the ABC site - watch video

[Eskarel]

Pumping the brakes always causes brake failure in cars with power assist braking. It always has. That's why no one teaches you to do it anymore.

Re:Floor mat, really?

[Random5]

The brakes assert a constant force, while the force the engine exerts increases with the engine's rotational speed. Therefore at the end of that 0 to 60 acceleration it's accelerating faster than the constant rate the brakes slow it in the 60 to 0 deceleration, QED bitch.

Re:Look up "accurate"

[silentcoder]

I'd rather look up yo momma's skirt... it's cheap and much more educational.

pwned.