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$1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration
phantomfive writes "Edmunds Auto has announced that it will be offering a $1 million prize to anyone who can find the cause of unintended acceleration. As Wikipedia notes, this is a problem that has plagued not only Toyota, but also Audi and other manufacturers. Consumer Reports has some suggestions all automakers can implement to solve this problem, including requiring brakes to be strong enough to stop the car even when the accelerator is floored."
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Make the reward information on something related to Portal or Half-Life. Seriously, the guys on Valve's forums will quickly solve any puzzle thrown at them if there's the slightest prospect it'll lead to information on a new game.
... but unfortunately I'm speeding to my death as I type.
The last words coming out of the stereo were "Good night, asshole."
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
"This Corolla comes with Spontaneous Drag Race Mode standard, making it the most exciting car in its class!"
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Or how about.. you know.. a multipurpose rotary switch in easy reach just forward of the steering wheel that can be rotated to the 'off' position?
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That explains everything- Microsoft must have been involved in the design of the car software.
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To be fair though, the ZX-10 is designed for queers and tarts; it's necessary to be able to stop with a pinky finger so that you can wiggle your other fingers and coo "Helloooo, sailor" at passing twinks.
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If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Microsoft has a better solution than for the Unintended Acceleration (UA) problem. Just put Unintended Acceleration Control (UAC) on the car. When you push on the gas pedal, three beeps occur followed by a message on the dash that says "You have pressed the gas pedal. Do you want to accelerate?". The owner must push the "Confirm" button on the steering wheel to accelerate. This continues until the owner either dies of boredom or reaches the intended speed. Gee, Vista wasn't so horrible after all!
About time car drivers had something to keep them awake.
That's what the 50 buttons bluetooth enabled media center controller on the steering wheel is for.
Perfect riposte to my claim that only Ford make safe cars and all Fords are safe. Except that isn't what I said at all. In fact it isn't remotely like it, is it?
Seriously, what the fuck has that got to do with drive-by-wire versus mechanical? Try reading more than one word before replying if you don't want to broadcast what an utter fucking imbecile you are.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."