grattonja
Line Up and Wait
http://www.comcast.net/articles/finance/20090116/BUSINESS-US-TOYOTA-RECALL/
I needed to rant on this one. I own one of the affected vehicles, a 2008 Tacoma. I really LIKE the floormats, they are thick and comfortable under foot and have two anchors that hold them down.
As a pilot on pilot's forums, we often talk about how much better off we are in the air. I think this recall proves conclusively how dangerous and stupid drivers are. In this case, we have a stuck accellerator pedal causing the crash of a 2009 lexus as the driver for the recall. The occupants had the time to call 911 to seek help, so time was not an issue.
So how is it that, in a car with an automatic transmission, no-one can figure out one of several basic means of getting the car to stop? First, hit the brake! It WILL overpower the drive-train. It has to, to stop the car. You will overheat the brakes and they will fade, but by then hopefully you have gotten to PUT THE DAMN CAR IN NEUTRAL! I mean, really, I have to get new floor mats because people are too stupid to figure out that, if you shove it into "N", it will stop accellerating no matter how much the pedal is stuck down? Then there's SHUT THE FRIGGIN' MOTOR OFF! Again, push on the pedal all day, it ain't goin' nowhere with the ignition off.
I have never understood the stuck pedal problem, particularly on a highway, with lots of room and time to stop the problem and then solve it.
Are we really that stupid in this country now?
Sorry for the rant.
I needed to rant on this one. I own one of the affected vehicles, a 2008 Tacoma. I really LIKE the floormats, they are thick and comfortable under foot and have two anchors that hold them down.
As a pilot on pilot's forums, we often talk about how much better off we are in the air. I think this recall proves conclusively how dangerous and stupid drivers are. In this case, we have a stuck accellerator pedal causing the crash of a 2009 lexus as the driver for the recall. The occupants had the time to call 911 to seek help, so time was not an issue.
So how is it that, in a car with an automatic transmission, no-one can figure out one of several basic means of getting the car to stop? First, hit the brake! It WILL overpower the drive-train. It has to, to stop the car. You will overheat the brakes and they will fade, but by then hopefully you have gotten to PUT THE DAMN CAR IN NEUTRAL! I mean, really, I have to get new floor mats because people are too stupid to figure out that, if you shove it into "N", it will stop accellerating no matter how much the pedal is stuck down? Then there's SHUT THE FRIGGIN' MOTOR OFF! Again, push on the pedal all day, it ain't goin' nowhere with the ignition off.
I have never understood the stuck pedal problem, particularly on a highway, with lots of room and time to stop the problem and then solve it.
Are we really that stupid in this country now?
Sorry for the rant.