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There was a piece on this in the Washington Examiner 4 months ago, here: http://bit.ly/dmG12o http://bit.ly/dmG12o. It basically noted that almost all of the fa
by charliepark 16y ago
There was a piece on this in the Washington Examiner 4 months ago, here: http://bit.ly/dmG12o http://bit.ly/dmG12o. It basically noted that almost all of the fatal accidents involved elderly drivers, who, presumably, would be more likely to get confused about which pedal they were pushing:
"In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger."
"These “electronic defects” apparently discriminate against the elderly, just as the sudden acceleration of Audis and GM autos did before them. (If computers are going to discriminate against anyone, they should be picking on the young, who are more likely to take up arms against the rise of the machines and future Terminators)."