[Shop-talk] Toyota Pedal Brouhaha

[Randall]

> It seems to me that it would be easy to put a circuit in the 
> cars computer that would override the dbw pedal if it sensed 
> that the throttle was more than 1/4 down (or something like 
> that) and the brake was full on.

And in fact, that is (quietly) part of the Toyota recall campaign.  With any
luck, it will actually solve the problem without them ever admitting it was
anything more than floor mats and defective, American made pedal assemblies.

-- Randall