The number one cause of unintended acceleration is that a driver has his foot on the wrong peddle. It's extremely important not to lift your foot off whatever pedal it is on, because chances are you are mistakenly pressing the accelerator. The people who run the auto web site edmunds dot com got really frustrated with how nutty the discussion of sudden acceleration had become. If anyone could prove that the car was the culprit in sudden acceleration, that is an explanation differ from someone hitting the wrong pedal or a floor mat trapping a throttle, edmonds would pay them a million dollars.
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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