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Originally Posted by Zachstar
Hey you post Fox News it is like casting a 50 percent debuf on your attacks in an MMO. Its pointless and people laugh at it. :P
Considering there is countless other news outlets.
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Like the Wall Street Journal? For which a link is included in the article?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
Forbes?
http://blogs.forbes.com/docket/2010/...ot-be-culprit/
It was on Bloomberg this morning, too.
The main reason you're not hearing more about this is because the case is pending in court and Toyota doesn't want to release statements about their case until after they've dug their way out of this huge pile of frivolous lawsuits made by litigous idiots. For the record, though, the onboard computer data shows that the drivers concerned hit the gas instead of the brake.
Of course, this is also not the first time something like this has happened. Remember how the Corvair was "unsafe at any speed", and was then exonerated by the NHTSA six years later. Platapus mentions the Audi. Then there was that horse-crap deal with Ford in the 90's. I forget which vehicle it was. Fraudulent jackasses sue automakers and everybody else over completely non-existant issues all the time. Coming to the defense of a Japanese automaker that just happens to provide jobs for thousands of Americans and cars that millions of Americans apparently want and billions of dollars' worth of taxable revenue is not necessarily an indication of hatred of the US auto industry or unions (though I hate them, too). It's just an indication of hatred of suit-happy jerks.
Now, I'm sure you're tired of my walls of text by now, and I think I owe you an apology for being on your case all day. If I had noticed before now, I would have apologized earlier. But please allow me to illustrate my point just a bit further. I drive trains for a living. Perhaps you've seen some. They're the 5,000 foot long, 120-decibel, 10,000-ton things that have an annoying tendency to block the roadways with both themselves and striped gates accompanied by flashing red lights and bells.
Well, believe it or not, people manage to get hit by those things. In fact, they even occasionally manage to drive their cars into the side of those things. This is because they are idiots or bad drivers or both. Even so, they and their families sue us. The problem is so bad that we had to install cameras on every single locomotive to prove to juries that the people we hit (or who hit us) were both aware of the fact that the train was there and that the grade crossing systems we installed were working properly. Y'know why? It's because some people will lie their asses off to get money out of us. Failing that, (usually because the cabcams caught them both looking at the train and then accelerating) they'll just drag the case out to the point where settling will cost us less than the legal fees. Are you seeing where this is heading? In case you don't, the point is that people often sue companies for no reason, and they are total asses about it. Such things happen when there's "easy money" at stake.
So now that we've established that, let's re-examine this Toyota case. Apparently, a car designed by automotive engineers using the same systems that have worked just fine for other automobiles, and are, in fact, mandated by state authorities, and inspected by the same, accelerates for no reason, despite what the computer data says? Even sarcasm is not a sufficient literary device to express my doubt.
But then, that's not really what you had in mind, was it? Your real beef is with non-US automakers, and apparently, with non-US automakers who make automobiles in the US. In that way, you're being a lot like the people who sue Toyota, or railroads, or anyone else for no good reason. What you really mean is that you have an agenda to advance, and you don't care what or who stands in your way or why. Even worse, you don't appear to understand why you want to advance "your" agenda.
Don't strain your brain thinking about it. I wouldn't want to be held liable.