"Lewis Hartswick" wrote in message
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TwoGuns wrote:
Watching the CBS evening news this evening I have to wonder is every
one in the TV Broadcast business a CLUELESS ****ING IDIOT?

Four people died in an accident in a Toyota. The 911 call was played
on air. Evidently the throttle pedal had gotten caught under a floor
mat and the 911 caller was applying brakes but could not stop. The
Toyota with four people crashed at an intersection killing the
occupants. The 911 call lasted for several seconds and the dispatcher
did not tell the driver to put the car in NEUTRAL.

PUT THE ****ING TRANNY IN NEUTRAL and then apply brakes. Is that too
hard to comprehend? CBS should be sued for not telling their audience
the proper way to react to a situation like this.

DL
What is even more UN-BELIEVABLE is doesn't ANYONE know
there is an ignition switch that if turned off stops
the motor??????? Just how STUPID can people be? Do
they expect the GOVERNMENT to do it for them??????
...lew...

let's try this again R E A L S L O W L Y for those who weren't or
didn't want to listen - there is NO ignition switch that acts like you say
on this car, there is NO WAY to select neutral under full throttle, and
there is solid evidence that the fault can be caused by software or
something other than the rug - If there had been a traditional ignition
switch, the passengers and driver would be alive. If there had been a
traditional mechanical linkage to the transmission, the passengers and
driver would be alive. These issues with Toyota go back a number of years,
and as some others are pointing out, have been denied by Toyota and by NTSB
despite significant evidence of a problem - if the dead had not included a
CHP officer and if the 911 call had not been made, the denial would be
continuing.

Let us talk about the elimination of safety features, or the complexity of a
modern vehicle that makes it possible for such things to happen, and quit
calling the dead stupid for being unable to override the system when there
was no override available.