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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:If they crashed, it's user error anyhow. by goodmanj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +1, flamebait.

  2. Strange by lennier1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is anybody else having flashbacks to Apple trying to blame a hardware design error on people not holding the phone in a way officially sanctioned by His Holy Steveness?

  3. Re:I am not surprised.... by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the past 2 days, "Whom" has become a slashdot meme.

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  4. Re:This assumes... by Xoltri · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, instead of actually doing something they were just praying. As they found out, prayer doesn't actually work: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=no-prayer-prescription

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