Comments on: Toyota Shakedown Continues https://barelyablog.com/toyota-shakedown-continues/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dan https://barelyablog.com/toyota-shakedown-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9430 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:53:21 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=22997#comment-9430 Yes, the onslaught of people hoping to get a pay day out of Toyota has definitely begun. I heard a story on the radio yesterday where a driver claimed her car’s accelerator mysteriously went all the way to the floor on it’s own, causing her accident (who wants to admit they were driving and text messaging). [Or while stupid] Of course, nowhere in the story did they mention that on a “fly by wire” accelerator, it is literally IMPOSSIBLE for this to happen. The way these work, to use a simple illustration, is to imagine an old dial type house thermostat with a pedal mounted to it. This is basically how the sensor for the accelerator works. Now have you ever had your house thermostat inexplicably dial itself to 100*? Living in the age of the idiot is becoming more painful every day.

Dan

]]> By: Robert Glisson https://barelyablog.com/toyota-shakedown-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9428 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:22:25 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=22997#comment-9428 Political Class Dismissed had an article from Forbes magazine that describes the incident from every angle. I think I have the right link to the original article. “http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/12/toyota-autos-hoax-media-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento.html?boxes=Homepagechannels” How could anybody be so dumb, not the driver but the MSM and Congress.

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