Toyota Unintended Acceleration Is B.S., Says NHTSA And DOT; Driver Error Blamed

[AutoGuide.com]

Score one for the good guys. While Toyota takes a lot of flack for having a product line that's geared more towards the common people than enthusiasts, most decent folk knew that the scandal regarding Toyota's unintended acceleration accusations was largely a combination of schadenfreude and political motivated rhetoric. People love to see the big guy take a fall, and this was no exception.

Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has analyzed vehicle data and their findings are consistent, showing that at the time of the incidents, the throttle was wide open while the brakes were not applied. This suggests that drivers mis-applied the pedals. Only one case, a fatal crashing involving a runaway Lexus ES350, where the throttle became stuck because of an improperly designed floormat. Toyota immediately issued a recall for the problem.

More: BREAKING: Toyota Unintended Acceleration Is B.S., According To NHTSA And D.O.T., Driver Error Blamed on AutoGuide.com

[Driftr]

In other words they fail miserably and shouldnt be aloud to drive anything faster than a corolla

[FT86-guy]

In other words they fail miserably and shouldnt be aloud to drive anything faster than a corolla

Any car in the hands of an unskilled driver is a bad idea. They shouldn't be allowed to drive no matter what. Over here we need better testing procedures to weed out the bad drivers.

[coop3422]

i hate how the entire population thinks driving is a right, and not a privlidge

[Paul]

i hate how the entire population thinks driving is a right, and not a privlidge

Agreed!

Good to know the actual truth came out from all of this. I'm sure the drivers of the crashed cars will still claim they did nothing wrong.