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MasterCord -> Ready, Shoot, Aim .... the Obama/Democratic legacy continues. (7/15/2010 7:19:01 AM)
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Remember when an "indignant" Obama and an equally "indignant" Congress took the President of Toyota over the coals for their awful and horribly unsafe cars...the mantra being the usual Obama-speak drama about mean nasty corporate profits coming at the expense of helpless, dumb American consumers innocently buying the cars......oh....the humanity!!!!! ....well.....YET AGAIN....Capt. Obama's S.S. INDIGNITY has run aground on the treacherous reefs of reality....were this President's continued defoliation not so embarassing and repugnant....it would be funny to watch....
Data Points to Driver Error in Toyota CrashesBy DAVID SCHEPP
Federal investigators looking into reports of unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor (TM) vehicles have found little evidence of an electronic source for the problem, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
In analyzing dozens of data recorders in Toyota vehicles involved in accidents, the Department of Transportation instead found that at time of the crashes, the vehicles' throttles were wide open and the brakes not applied, the newspaper reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
That evidence suggests that owners of Toyota and Lexus vehicles who reported their cars accelerated uncontrollably were mistakenly pressing down on the gas pedal rather than the brakes. Though the evidence doesn't exonerate Toyota from two known issues of the problem -- sticky gas pedals and bulky floor mats that may pin the accelerator to the floor, the Journal said.
Toyota has recalled nearly 7 million cars in the U.S. to fix those problems. The sticky pedal recall was also the source of a $16.4 million fine imposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In imposing the fine, the maximum allowable under current law, regulators said Toyota dragged its feet in issuing a recall in January to fix the problem, which affects 2.3 million cars and trucks. The company paid the fine in April.
Federal Analysis
The data recorders examined by NHTSA were from cars of owners who reported their vehicles accelerated despite pressing down on the brake pedal and subsequently crashed. The data recorders analyzed by federal investigators were selected by NHTSA -- not Toyota, the Journal report noted.
NHTSA's 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, the Journal said. They also echo findings of a March incident in suburban Harrison, N.Y., involving a Prius hybrid, which the driver reported sped up uncontrollably before hitting a brick wall. Investigations by NHTSA and local police determined the accident was caused by driver error and resulted from the driver not applying the brakes during the incident.
NHTSA has received more than 3,000 complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas, some dating back to early last decade, according to a report the agency compiled in March. The incidents include 75 fatal crashes involving 93 deaths, the Journal said.
NHTSA hasn't yet released its findings looking into the Toyota matter and declined comment
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/9gmWaT
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So....it wasn't all Toyota.....yes...they had some issues....but they were not responsible for the highway Armageddon .....we have seen the enemy...and it is us.
Look at the good side Obamites....no doubt the Chief Political Lemons to Lemonade Maker, will now appear with his trademark teleprompter and announce that this is the very reason we need to allow unlimited immigration because we need these good drivers...given Americans have so much difficulty telling an accelerator from a brake pedal. The immigrants, experienced in the maniacal driving common to Mexico City, Nogales, Nairobi, Bogota and other such places...are coming here for all of our benefit. Yes siree. We need them to teach us how to drive.....especially in Arizona where good driving skills are essential to avoing colliding with drug couriers - who are not coincidentally - armed to the teeth. Who better to teach us? The best news is tohugh, that if you ARE caught using your accelerator as a brake pedal...a new Federal law will prevent you from being stopped. "We are not going to allow people to be "driving-skill" profiled.
.......what a country......
MC
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