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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. Re:wait what? by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Informative

    If it was American drivers faults, why then did we not see a rash of similar accidents with other manufacturers vehicles?

    If you had R'ed TFA, you would have R'ed this:

    "Unintended acceleration is not exclusive to Toyotas," [NHTSA deputy administrator Ron] Medford said, pointing out that two-thirds of the unintended acceleration reports the agency has received in recent years involved vehicles by other automakers.