Personal Injury Law

On A Lighter Note: A Creative Explanation For Toyota's Recall

By Brett Emison

I have been -- and remain -- fiercely critical of Toyota's conduct regarding its sudden acceleration problem and the delayed and piecemeal nature of the sudden acceleration recall.

As I have documented here for the last several months, Toyota has known about -- and ignored -- its sudden acceleration problem for more than five years. Instead of acknowledging and repairing this widespread defect, Toyota waited years to acknowledge the defect and instead blamed its own customers. It appears Toyota's conduct is just more of the same for a company with a documented history of safety-problem cover-ups.

However, even in moments of grave seriousness, one must be able to laugh. With that in mind, I offer you someone's creative explanation for Toyota's underlying acceleration problem:

For those of you who have never seen the Blues Brothers, I encourage you to add it to your Netflix queue.

Full post as published by Kansas City Personal Injury Lawyer on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).