I recently ranted about the California Prius crash and how they tried to make the guy look like some scam artist…Toyota has tried to blame everything but their car for the problem….I even heard a guy say it was caused by Cosmic Radiation…..I do not know if he was serious or just being a smart ass……but sounds like the crap they are trying to say in the media……
As usual there is more to this story…..seems like the Prius is not a California problem solely……
Another incident has been reported of an unintended acceleration of a Toyota Prius and United States authorities are investigating.
Federal regulators are looking into an accident that occurred on Tuesday in Harrison, New York, when a 56-year old woman in a 2005 Toyota Prius was pulling out of a driveway when the car suddenly shot across the street and crashed into a stone wall. The driver sustained non-life threatening injuries.
The crash was reported to be very violent, according to local police. With some of the boulders on the stone wall, weighing between 500 and 1000 pounds (225 to 450 kg), thrown several feet after impact. Police say the floor mat was not the problem and that the car had already been taken into a local Toyota dealer due to the recall that is in effect.
I cannot wait to see just how they try to demonize this poor woman…
UPDATE: NTSA has ruled that it was more than likely driver error…..but the song continues…..
Driver error – is that similar to pilot error? You know, the principle of quickly looking around for the easiest and cheapest scapegoat you can find and then lock on target and don’t let go…
Toyota the world’s largest auto firm….with gads of cash…..so driver error seems like a logic call on the part of “underpaid” bureaucrats…..lol
Yup!