For every week we go back and examine something forgotten or misunderstood. This episode is devot to the toyota sudden acceleration scandal. Chances are you heard at least some part of that nine one one tape befor maybe you had a toyota at the time. What i want to do is convince you that something went very wrong in the way the controversy played out.
In the summer and fall of 2009, hundreds of Toyota owners came forward with an alarming allegation: Their cars were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating. Toyota was forced to recall 10 million vehicles, pay a fine of more than $1 billion, and settle countless lawsuits. The consensus was that there was something badly wrong with the world’s most popular cars. Except that there wasn’t. What happens when hysteria overtakes common sense?
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