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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 27 Feb 2010 21:04
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:59:49 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote:

> Other then sticking pedals on mechanical linkage, and usually after
> someone has monkeyed with it, I've never heard of UA on a true manually
> controlled throttle,

Oh, WeLLLLLLL, I do declare, /I/ have!

If I remember correctly, I believe it can, and has been attributed to
rusted throttle cables.
And, would you believe, it happens a bit here in the Northeast.

And your logic is fuzzy as well.



From: Clive on 28 Feb 2010 07:15
In message <b5hjo59g9hs69ckb05titb7f4ivrjnac5v(a)4ax.com>, Vic Smith
<thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> writes
> My wife wanted a Cobalt as her next car,
>and now maybe I can talk her into something else without electronic
>control into throttle and steering.
I wouldn't have thought that any new car with cable control would pass
emissions regulations.
--
Clive

From: hls on 1 Mar 2010 11:40
Some tests have been run which indicate that even expensive aircraft may
respond to
radio frequency emissions such as cell phones.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/BusinessTravel/story?id=1680690&page=1

A less sophisticated test showed that there were indeed instances of
interference,
but they were very difficult to duplicate. Intermittent situations like
this are
very hard to locate and cure.

It would not be impossible to consider that cell phones, radar emissions,
2-way
police radio, lightning strikes, and other forms of RFI could, under some
complex
set of conditions, cause problems in cars.

The AUDI situation, it seems, has not been totally solved yet. It was
linked
to six deaths.

http://answers.edmunds.com/question-Audi-runaway-acceleration-problem-88151.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi

And last, the Ford Firestone rollovers were linked to several hundred
deaths. One
has to be careful with statistics, and sources of the same. I am sure you
can all find
information that conflicts with, and supports, just about anything anyone
can say.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/rollover/etc/before.html

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