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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by abandonliberty on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:38PM (#26073259)
Every attempt to replicate this has failed, and other vehicle manufacturers have just as many 'sudden acceleration events'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unintended_acceleration

Occam's razer points to people just hitting the wrong pedal or people's floor mats getting stuck.

The reason Toyota ate it in the press for this was competitive.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by appleflaxen on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @01:47PM (#26081123)
> The reason Toyota ate it in the press for this was competitive.

can you explain what you mean? I don't understand this sentence.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by roryokane on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:25PM (#26085429)
I think they mean this: Toyota “ate it” (an idiom meaning to take losses) in the press by having bad stories written about them. These stories were written for a reason. This reason was not that Toyota deserving those stories, but that Toyota’s competition encouraged those stories.
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