Re: unintended acceleration sources

["Jon" <jwilliam@ns1.water.net>]

> From:          steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)
> Date:          Thu, 3 Apr 1997 09:03:16 -0800
> To:            quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:       Re: unintended acceleration sources

> > alright everyone.  I need the list's collective resources once again to 
> > fend off my stubborn friends...My friend seems to not believe the fact 
> > that the drivers were responsible for the unintended acceleration as he 
> > doesnt understand how they could mistake the gas pedal for the brake 
> > pedal.  He also says that its funny that everyone went after Audi about 
> > this and he feels that it is either true, or everyone is out to get audi. 
> 
> ... so long ago ... I know that I read an article in one of the Auto rags
> [AutoReek?] where they did some tests where they brought in some people 
> who thought they were getting test drives to evaluate various cars.  They
> had the cars rigged such that they could cause the car to surge suddenly,
> and they tested the driver's responses.  They caught on film a situation 
> where someone was backing up the car, and erroneously depressed the accel-
> erator instead of the brake.  The driver stated that they were braking, 
> but the film shows the brake lights were not on.  I may have the story 
> slightly fuzzy but it should be close.  
> 
> The other interesting thing to note is that there were other marques that 
> had UI claims against them as well ... my recollection was that there were
> some that had even more claims against them than Audi!  Perhaps these marques
> were paying advertising dollars to CBS ...

Acura was one.  There were stories of Legends accelerating.

Jon
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