[Mgs] Re. Brake Failure, now Left foot/Right Foot Braking

[Max Heim]

I remember reading an analysis of the Audi "unintended acceleration"
incidents several years back, and it pretty much determined they were all
cases of mistaken application of the throttle instead of the brake.
Apparently people panic and just press harder, instead of trying different
pedals.

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Max Heim
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If you're near Mountain View, CA,
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on 8/26/10 1:02 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

> The people who have been having trouble with Toyotas over the last year or
> so have almost certainly been driving automatics for many years before.  The
> Toyota problem seems to be far more serious, although precisely what still
> doesn't seem to be clear.  The most recent thing I have read on the subject
> is that Toyota claim from the analysis of a number of 'black boxes'
> recovered from crashed cars (!), that the drivers didn't brake at all.  That
> beggars belief, and even the company putting it out as a cause is almost
> believable, in that they expect us to believe it.  Either that, or the human
> race is getting far more stupid than ever I had believed.
> 
> PaulH.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> ...  Makes sense since you don't have to
>> move your foot & leg over.  (And, in the past year more than a few Toyota
>> drivers have had a major problem doing that.