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The last line of the article says a lot, a quote from someone in the long tradition of "its all because you are prejudiced against [insert whatever group the pe
by delackner 16y ago
The last line of the article says a lot, a quote from someone in the long tradition of "its all because you are prejudiced against [insert whatever group the person feels they are an aggrieved member of]."
- electromagnetic 16y agoAgreed, when I first heard about this problem I said to my wife "it sounds like people are hitting the gas not the brake". There were complaints of the vehicle accelerating faster the more the brakes were depressed, which is the mechanical effect of depressing the accelerator. I don't care if you're 20 or 80, male or female, everyone makes mistakes and everyone panics. I'm sure if I hit the brake and noticed no braking action (or even acceleration) my first reaction would probably be to floor the brakes, and I'd be screwed if I'd caught the gas by accident.
- flog 16y agoWhat I find very interesting is the rise in occurrences of this behaviour after the media announcement. Is this an example of some sort of mass hysteria or did everyone just blame the car for any small thing? Or were they looking for legal settlement money?