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To: BereanBrain

I am glad to find one other person on here that gets it. It is in cases like this that a higher survival IQ is required to really see the big picture. Even very complex systems in the past often had “Manual Override”. Even space systems like Apollo 13. If the movie is at all accurate on that account then all those men would have died without the manual control. Jumbo jet aircraft had manual overrides. Even in the case where the accelerations were caused by a floor mat the fact remains that if these cars had a key to turn off then many dead people would still be alive. That police officer would still be alive. That is as much an electronic failure as any. It is just one that was by design. And Toyota should pay a very steep price for it. The government report is obviously contrived to give a false impression of the truth. Proving once again that you can’t trust a government report. Not a financial one or otherwise. The result is always pre-determined, and the report is written as desired. Over time this will result in many more unnecessary deaths.

It just amazes me to think that one of the first and most primitive electrical devices to ever exist has been removed from these systems and people have died over what could basically be called a “Knife Switch”.

Those who are always into having the latest and greatest of technology to the point of putting aside common sense and calling all old technology obsolete are truly, IQ delinquents. Those are the ones who watch there televisions because it tells them that they should.


26 posted on 02/09/2011 11:52:09 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel
Apollo 13 was 40 years ago... If you think the lack of manual controls equates to "iQ delinquents" then you are calling just about every Air Force and Navy fighter pilot, and space shuttle pilots idiots because most modern fighters (and spacecraft) have fly by wire controls.

The Lexus in question has a power button, which if held down will turn off the car, just like a key.

27 posted on 02/10/2011 12:04:44 AM PST by Wayne07
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