I never doubted the veracity of the story--that the accident occurred. The
"Urban Legend" for me was the explanation for the cause. That Toyota Motor
Sales made an announcement is not surprising. It's the first thing, I
imagine, a legal team would tell a corporation in such a case....In the end,
lives were lost, so the news is terrible for this family.
Pat
TR4A '67
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On Fri, 9/18/09, acekraut11@aol.com <acekraut11@aol.com> wrote:
>From:
acekraut11@aol.com <acekraut11@aol.com>
>Subject: Re: [TR] Off-topic -deadly
floormats?
>To: pcaffrey@ymail.com, Jim.Holmgren@corp.aol.com,
mhooper@digiscreen.ca, triumphs@autox.team.net
>Date: Friday, September 18,
2009, 1:24 AM
>
>
>Well, in this case it is a true story. A quick search of
google news for stuck accelerator produced 228 news stories. Here is one of
them, with a picture of the crash site:
>
>http://www.momlogic.com/2009/09/911_call_released_in_stuck_accelerator_crash
.php
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: P Caffrey <pcaffrey@ymail.com>
>To: Jim Holmgren <Jim.Holmgren@corp.aol.com>; Mark Hooper
<mhooper@digiscreen.ca>; triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 8:23 pm
>Subject: Re: [TR] Off-topic -deadly
floormats?
>
>
>Seems neutral would be easy to find, engine may go but so
what. Plus, that
> car must have great brakes. Plus, a police officer is
behind the wheel with
> driving experience under pressure, presumably....Does
sound like an Urban
> Legend.
>
>
>
>
>
________________________________
> From: Jim Holmgren
>
<Jim.Holmgren@corp.aol.com>
> To: Mark Hooper <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>;
>
"triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday,
September
> 17, 2009 4:38:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] Off-topic -deadly
floormats?
>
> Sounds an
> awful lot like an Urban Legend.
>
>
> Jim
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