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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by bwilson4web, Apr 8, 2010.

  1. bwilson4web

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    Runaway Prius Almost Kills 12-Year Old - Toyota Recall - Jalopnik

    Where did they fit that age detecting sensor in the Prius?

    http://www.azcentral.com/12news/con...8Prius-Acceleration-Accident-04082010-CR.html

    Might as well include the others.

    http://www.fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2010/04/07/news/03news.txt
    http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=371581&src=5

    A Prius takes out a Police Chief's Crown Victoria . . .

    Bob Wilson
     
    #1 bwilson4web, Apr 8, 2010
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    The horror!
     
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    In the first story, "Runaway Prius", the guy looks to be past his prime in driving skills :-(
    It is so sad to see people whom should not be driving anymore, blame a perfectly fine car.
     
    #3 gasmiser1, Apr 8, 2010
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    Here comes 3rd wave of attack. SMART team should take them out easily.
     
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    So this article names the vehicle that was struck, but fails to name the vehicle behind that was unable to stop. I smell a bias.

    Local news here has had numerous recent reports of SUAs or vehicles otherwise leaving the road or parking lot and colliding with buildings, or (this afternoon) a child not in the road. The reports have been mentioning driver ages, and the non-DUI cases are heavily biased to my age and older. But the reports have generally been refraining from naming the vehicle make or model, even when a Toyota logo is clearly visible in a picture. The one recent memorable exception was a Lexus, where the 70-something driver admitted to pedal error.

    Of course, many pictured cases have other brands visible. Toyotas are popular enough here, so that the outlets must not feel a need to ostracize a scary minority.
     
    #5 fuzzy1, Apr 8, 2010
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