It’s All Your Fault: The DOT Renders Its Verdict on Toyota’s Unintended-Acceleration Scare – Feature

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The final word on the Toyota unintended-acceleration mess.

Earlier this year, the Department of  Transportation re­leased the results of its study into the blizzard of reports that various Toyota and Lexus models were accelerating out of control. The DOT concluded that, other than a number of incidents caused by accelerators hanging up on incorrectly fitted floor mats, the accidents were caused by drivers depressing their accelerators when they intended to apply their brakes. "Pedal misapplication" was the DOT's delicate terminology  for this phenomenon.

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Csaba Csere 14 Jun, 2011

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