[sportutegrl]

It’s as bad as the sticking accelerators on Toyotas.

If you mean the behavior of the Government Motors, then yes, it is just as bad. The non existent sticking accelerator myth was used to attack a competitor of Government Motors, with the help of the MSM. Later investigations revealed that the accidents were all do to driver error, mistaking the gas pedal for the brake.

[cuban leaf]

The non existent sticking accelerator myth was used to attack a competitor of Government Motors, with the help of the MSM. Later investigations revealed that the accidents were all do to driver error, mistaking the gas pedal for the brake.

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But they did stick. You just had to push the carpet up against it. And I’ve had that happen to me before in a Chrysler. And yes, the accelerator stuck, for a second. But I didn’t die because I know how to function as a driver of a car.

And I turned the key off in my old Vega at 70 mile per hour once to see what it felt like (I was 18 at the time). Yep. Teh steering locked up. So I turned it back on.

No car is perfect. Not all risk can be eliminated. And some risk is even so low as to be acceptable. And even then, the timeline shows that GM was doing “something”. It more than satisfies my personal grasp of the concept of risk assessment, management and mitigation. Statistically, this is a non-issue. And I really, REALLY hate Government Motors, but this is the wrong battle. The fact that GM did anything at all really surprises me.

[The South Texan]

You forgot with assistance of the Trial Lawyers.

[Fightin Whitey]

What Did Barra Know and Why Did He Marry It?

p.s. Agree with you on Toyotas. Had two of them during the controversy and even the local mechanics, over a beer, would tell you the "fix" was basically rearranging floormats, cautioning driver, etc.