On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Vitaliy <piclist@maksimov.org> wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/28fctt3
>
> "The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders
> from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden
> acceleration and found that the throttles were wide open and the brakes
> weren't engaged at the time of the crash, people familiar with the findings
> said.
>
> The early results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyotas and
> Lexuses surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator when
> they intended to jam on the brakes."
>
> This part is especially interesting, from a psychological POV:
>
> "The initial findings are consistent with a 1989 government-sponsored study
> that blamed similar driver mistakes for a rash of sudden-acceleration
> reports involving Audi 5000 sedans."
>

I've heard through numerous outlets that this "Toyota embedded system
defect" apparently discriminates against older drivers:
<http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/how-real-are-the-defects-in-toyotas-cars/37448/?rss=37448>

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