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Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again

Posted by Roblimo on from the Which-pedal-did-you-say-was-the-brake? dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "An intensive 10 month investigation into possible causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota cars found no fault with the automaker's electronic throttle control systems, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday." Didn't the NHTSA say essentially the same thing last July?

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  1. Just to clarify.. by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

    Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again

    Since none of you actually RTFA's, I thought I'd do my good deed for the day and point out that they mean the people behind the wheel are the problem, not the gas pedal drivers.

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    1. Re:Just to clarify.. by Gohtar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Windows has detected a Gas Pedal compliant device and is attempting to find the drivers for it. Windows could not find drivers for your device, the device may not function properly until the drivers are installed.

    2. Re:Just to clarify.. by angelwolf71885 · · Score: 5, Funny

      WARNING: the device " Gas Pedal " has performed a fatal operation

    3. Re:Just to clarify.. by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

      collecting the pitch/roll/yawn as well as the engines RPM's and level of fuel-tanks

      The level of yawns might be a clear indicator of what caused the crash.

  2. So now it's official. by cvtan · · Score: 5, Funny

    The cars are not perfect, but they are smarter than the drivers that own them.

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  3. Well then ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...we should be expecting new drivers on patch Tuesday.

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  4. Re:the Mythbusters need to test Toyota's! by geekoid · · Score: 1, Funny

    After reading how sloppy the spelling in that post is, I wish I could blow it up.

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  5. correlation != causation by Surt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just because a lot of Toyotas are out of control doesn't mean there's a problem with Toyotas. Clearly, out of control drivers prefer to buy Toyota.

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