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Originally Posted by The Gaijin
More like the American media.
Old guy in NYC yesterday crashed his Camry through 30' of bushes and shrubs into a building. The breathless reporting had the "throttle sticking". Why exactly was he driving through a residential area with a full throttle???
And what about the brakes? It has been proved the brakes can overpower the throttle on any Toyota model.
This happens all the time in all kinds of cars. 99.999% or the time, somebody gets shaken - and stomps on the gas petal.
Bad and elderly drivers are 100,000% more of a problem than any particular Toyota..
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That is not the case with the Toyota - I think you should read the specs on the recall. At medium throttle the car goes into full throttle unexpectantly. Not because of the driver, but due to a faulty switch, software, or whatever they are blaming it on now.
Stepping on the brake is a seemingly simple solution - IF the car were going straight with no need to turn to avoid obstacles, and the driver is prepared to hit the brakes. So in ideal conditions, the brakes will overpower the engine BEFORE the car hits anything. As for the case in NYC, I doubt that old man driver was in ideal conditions.
As for the 'Big 3 Smear campaign' I would like to see how the deaths which have been caused by this safety issue is part of this media campaign.
This is not simply a user-error type problem. Toyota's got a BIG problem on their hands -- the way they fix it will determine if they can move on from this.