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Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error

Posted by kdawson on from the fed-findings-fault-fat-feet dept.

phantomfive writes "The NHTSA has investigated data recorders from Toyota cars whose owners claimed to have crashed due to an accelerator error. They found that the throttles were wide open and the brakes weren't being pressed. The investigation looked at a sample of the cars, selected by the NHTSA." Jamie found this article with a superior headline at Balloon Juice.

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  1. Re:my first thought was... by camperdave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Driver error... Great! So all Toyota needs to do is issue new drivers.

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  2. Re:This assumes... by bickerdyke · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm driving a Seat, you insensitive clod!

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