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From: Brimstone on 8 Apr 2010 06:13 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:94f109ee-05a6-4793-ab5d-241294def3c0(a)o30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > On 8 Apr, 11:06, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >> saying: >> >> >> > Note this only applies to unintended acceleration and not additional >> >> > brake or computer faults. >> >> 43 incidents. >> >> >> Across a decade. >> >> >> Yet, bizarrely, only 11 of those were reported in the 9.5yrs before >> >> the >> >> publicity started and there was the possibility of not only passing >> >> the >> >> buck but getting in on a nice lucrative lawsuit. >> > I think you will find that Toyota hushed them up for years and... >> >> >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252454/I-left-coma-90mph- >> >> Toyota-crash-TWO-YEARS-safety-recall.html >> >> >> >> > "I was left in a coma by 90mph Toyota crash TWO YEARS before safety >> > recall" >> >> You do like the Daily Mailodrama as a source, don't you? >> >> Oh, look - a car with an old-style cable throttle. No electronics in the >> throttle mechanism at all. Also another driver who seemed to be unable to >> comprehend "switching the ignition off" or "putting it in neutral". >> > If you knew anything at all about the subject you would know that > doesn't always work. How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? >> >> > for anyone who is remotely interested, which rules out a lot of >> >> > motorists of course, who have their own all too obvious agenda. >> >> Strange how you, apparently, don't have any kind of "agenda". >> > My agenda here is public safety. >> >> Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! >> > Is that the best you can do, just laugh at the deaths? > It's not the deaths that people laugh at Doug, it's your perpetual hysterics and hyperbole.
From: Adrian on 8 Apr 2010 06:19 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> Oh, look - a car with an old-style cable throttle. No electronics in >>> the throttle mechanism at all. Also another driver who seemed to be >>> unable to comprehend "switching the ignition off" or "putting it in >>> neutral". >> If you knew anything at all about the subject you would know that >> doesn't always work. > How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? In the same way as putting it in neutral doesn't prevent the engine driving the wheels, probably.
From: Mrcheerful on 8 Apr 2010 07:29 Adrian wrote: > "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> possible genuine ones: the more recent american ones involving the >> ford explorer, where a cruise control fault 'could' cause flat out >> accelleration > > Did the "Cruise Off" switch also fail simultaneously? > >> now there is a vehicle that 'has' killed loads of people. > > Strangely, only those who couldn't cope with the fact that it was a > different kind of vehicle to what they were used to, and failed to > adjust their driving style appropriately. apparently the unit caught fire or something (read up on it on the honest john website) which meant that cruise came on by itself, the switch could do nothing. as to other means of stopping the vehicle you must remember that these were merkins, and therefore not too bright and would rely on someone else to get them out of their difficulties (such as a lawyer) That particular vehicle has an amazing range of faults, personally I think the tyre/rollover fault should be compensated out by lack of maintenance/driver incompetence, however there are too many cases to be ignored, and they weren't.
From: boltar2003 on 8 Apr 2010 06:53 On 8 Apr 2010 10:19:50 GMT Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like >they were saying: > >>>> Oh, look - a car with an old-style cable throttle. No electronics in >>>> the throttle mechanism at all. Also another driver who seemed to be >>>> unable to comprehend "switching the ignition off" or "putting it in >>>> neutral". > >>> If you knew anything at all about the subject you would know that >>> doesn't always work. > >> How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? > >In the same way as putting it in neutral doesn't prevent the engine >driving the wheels, probably. Huh? B2003
From: Brimstone on 8 Apr 2010 07:09
<boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hpkcj9$ce6$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On 8 Apr 2010 10:19:50 GMT > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like >>they were saying: >> >>>>> Oh, look - a car with an old-style cable throttle. No electronics in >>>>> the throttle mechanism at all. Also another driver who seemed to be >>>>> unable to comprehend "switching the ignition off" or "putting it in >>>>> neutral". >> >>>> If you knew anything at all about the subject you would know that >>>> doesn't always work. >> >>> How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? >> >>In the same way as putting it in neutral doesn't prevent the engine >>driving the wheels, probably. > > Huh? > WWOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHH!! |