A camera with the accelerator stuck wide open stops basically as quickly as a taurus breaking normally. Asdid this with a variety of cars. Andow, that with the throttle stuck open, or going in 70 miles an hour, the camery stopped pretty close to the same distance as a ford taurus. That head is stall closed. But you can see hug it up tosetedy deis the most undramatic you an lint.
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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