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From: Mike Hunter on 15 Jul 2010 15:45
It would suggest as well that there is a problem with the placement of the
throttle and brakes.


"john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Toyota engine computers may have gotten it wrong in the first place.
>
> "The government says it hasn't reached any conclusions about whether
> Toyota drivers may be to blame for their vehicles suddenly
> accelerating.
>
> The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says today its
> engineers continue to investigate possible causes of sudden
> acceleration in Toyotas along with the National Academy of Sciences
> and NASA.
>
> The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday the government had analyzed
> dozens of event data recorders, or black boxes, in Toyota vehicles
> involved in crashes blamed on unintended acceleration and found the
> throttles were open and the brakes not engaged. That would suggest
> drivers were stepping on the gas pedal instead of the brakes."
>
> Full article:
> From The Detroit News:
> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100714/AUTO01/7140378/1148/auto01/Government-has-reached-no-conclusions-in-Toyota-case#ixzz0tigKAvQP


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