In a message dated 3/7/2010 11:58:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
23.weldon@comcast.net writes:
It's bad enough that vehicles kill people as a result of driver failure.
Such
catastrophic software failure is simply unacceptable.
Ed Weldon
Ed,
Thank you very much for sharing this info, to me it's the last piece of the
puzzle. Toyota obviously has the majority of responsibility in this
situation, especially the part about trying to get the emphasis on floor mats
or
anything to get the supposedly bad American drivers to share the blame.
Considering Toyota's reputation up to this point, I imagine the geniuses in
management figured it would be easy to say Soccer Mom or Junior the new
driver freaked out due to a bad rug or the like.
The software deal rests 100% of the cause at the manufacturers feet. The
only recourse left is to say it was the fault of the actual supplier that
delivered the parts.
Toyota reportedly has around 48 Billion in cash, so you can imagine all the
tort lawyers drooling at all the cases, of which they'll probably lose a
lot more as they've demonized themselves with this failed gambit.
Reminds me of the "unintended Audis acceleration" of a long time ago, maybe
a real good time to check out any Toyota products, as the prices should be
advantaged for a long time.
I love this list. Beats the crap out of hoping to find non biased info on
the medias.
Bob W
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