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From: john on 27 Nov 2009 21:39 Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for sudden acceleration Amid widening concern over acceleration events, Toyota has cited 'floor mat entrapment.' But reports point to another potential cause: the electronic throttles that have replaced mechanical systems. Eric Weiss was stopped at a busy Long Beach intersection last month when he said his 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup unexpectedly started accelerating, forcing him to stand on the brakes to keep the bucking truck from plowing into oncoming cars. But Weiss is convinced his incident wasn't caused by a floor mat. He said he removed them months earlier on the advice of his Toyota dealer after his truck suddenly accelerated and rear-ended a BMW. Full article at: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-throttle29-2009nov29,0,5254584.story
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 27 Nov 2009 22:03 On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:39:53 -0800, john wrote: > > Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for sudden > acceleration Yawn. We don't care. We like Toyotas. Go away.
From: hls on 29 Nov 2009 15:06 "john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2d474938-f18c-41b8-baca-9f2a71922d20(a)b36g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for > sudden acceleration What experts?
From: Mike Hunter on 29 Nov 2009 17:14 None of the cars I ever owned, that were equipped with floor mats, ever suffered from uncontrolled acceleration. So I guess I could be one who believes that floor mats do not cause cars to accelerate, but then again, I'm not an expert in the field of floor mats. ;) "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in message news:C_6dnUhZnuT-SY_WnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:2d474938-f18c-41b8-baca-9f2a71922d20(a)b36g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for >> sudden acceleration > > What experts?
From: C. E. White on 30 Nov 2009 07:37
"john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2d474938-f18c-41b8-baca-9f2a71922d20(a)b36g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Motorists and experts say throttles, not floor mats, to blame for > sudden acceleration > Amid widening concern over acceleration events, Toyota has cited > 'floor mat entrapment.' But reports point to another potential > cause: > the electronic throttles that have replaced mechanical systems. > > Eric Weiss was stopped at a busy Long Beach intersection last month > when he said his 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup unexpectedly started > accelerating, forcing him to stand on the brakes to keep the bucking > truck from plowing into oncoming cars. > > But Weiss is convinced his incident wasn't caused by a floor mat. He > said he removed them months earlier on the advice of his Toyota > dealer > after his truck suddenly accelerated and rear-ended a BMW. > > Full article at: > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-throttle29-2009nov29,0,5254584.story Of course Weiss is sure it wasn't caused by floormats. It is far mor elikely that the problem was caused by pedal confusion (either pushing the wrong pedal or pushing both the brake and accelerator pedals at the same time). People do it all the time. Some people refuse to understand that they casued the problem and prefer blaming mysterious forces. Trial lawyers are more than willing to encourage this. Ed |