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Sudden Acceleration is a Myth

Ted Frank's op-ed shares something that everyone seems to have ignored, and about which I was ignorant: "Sudden acceleration" is allegedly an electro-mechanical process that only seems to afflict old people: The Los Angeles Times recently did a story detailing all of the NHTSA reports of Toyota ?sudden acceleration? fatalities, and, though the Times did not mention it, the ages of the drivers involved were striking. In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89?and I?m leaving out the son whose age wasn?t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger. Nevertheless, Toyota is likely to suffer $3.5 billion in damages.  Trial lawyers will be enriched...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).