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From: FridoLay on 3 Feb 2010 23:32
On 2/3/2010 10:19 PM, john wrote:
> "Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Count Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak among
> Toyota Motor Corp. car owners who say their vehicles accelerate
> unintentionally.
>
> Wozniak�s 2010 Toyota Prius can unintentionally accelerate to as much
> as 97 miles (156 kilometers) per hour when he uses cruise control to
> increase his speed, he said in an interview yesterday. Toyota and the
> U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration haven�t responded
> to his complaints in the past two months on what may be a software-
> related glitch, he said.
>
> �It�s scary when it happens,� Wozniak, 59, said from San Jose,
> California. �I�ve had trouble getting both the government safety
> agency and getting Toyota to listen to me.�"
>
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-03/apple-co-founder-says-his-prius-has-acceleration-flaw-update1-.html
>
>

How scary can 0-97 in 1/2 an hour be?
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