Re:Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents
by bdurette on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @11:30AM
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Faking a recall is a bad idea. Consider the possibility that Toyota drivers were primed by the media hype to believe that the acceleration problems were real and out of their control. Thus, when they found themselves mistakenly pressing on the accelerator, they were less likely to reevaluate the situation. If they had, they would have realized what was happening and pressed the brakes. The accidents, regardless of cause, were real and dangerous. Inducing more accidents to prove a point is bad policy.
Re:Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents
by zb on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @12:18PM
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Not sure if you saw the graph hidden in the side
I actually missed it, thanks. But what I'd really like to see are the number of police reports of unintended acceleration by model.
And, thanks to the nature of human memory, after the first few times they aren't even intentionally lying.
What you say about memory is completely correct, but in this particular instance I don't imagine for a second that they were intentionally lying even the first few times.
Re:Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents
by stretchwithme on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @01:33AM
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people can't seem to acknowledge that they're getting fuzzier as they get older. I know! Its happening to me and I refuse to acknowledge it as well.
Let's have an experiment: another manufacturer can institute a fake recall and see what happens.
> Naturally they adamantly deny it
And, thanks to the nature of human memory, after the first few times they aren't even intentionally lying. (A memory is part recall, part imagination. Replay something enough times, it can become more of the latter than the former.)