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

[Mike Eldred]

"Almost believable" is right, but a lot of people seem to believe it.  It
would be a lot more believable if the "black boxes" could tell us why all
these bad drivers chose to buy Toyotas.  Why aren't other brands suffering
from a rash of sudden-idiocy-induced unintended accelleration?  Why is it that
people who cannot operate two pedals are attracted to one brand?

Mike Eldred


> From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: twobees at sprynet.com; mgs at autox.team.net
> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:02:53 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Re. Brake Failure, now Left foot/Right Foot Braking
>
> 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.
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