In february of 20, tenh brian ross at a b c news does a story on a runaway avalon. It's about how the software in todas ses them to accelerate uncontrollably. All you have to do if a toota accelerates uncontrollably is use the brakes. So a b c rigs up an avalone and essentially stages an episode of unintended acceleration. Brakesto work. Brakes get up. Ge, the fakery was later uncovered by the webside gelopnic. They got a university professor to cut three wires within the electronic throttle control system. In other words, he heaped tis thiss car was ricked
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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