The Washington Examiner
Theodore H. Frank: I am not afraid of my Toyota Prius
In this opinion article, the Contributor explains that as a junior defense lawyer in the mid-90s, he litigated a number of bogus sudden acceleration cases against GM. Now, just as back in the 90s, he feels that the public hysteria of the Toyota situation has reached unprecedented proportions and that driver error is truly to blame.
Quotes from the story:
Fifty-odd deaths over 10 years and millions of Toyotas is a relatively small compared to the general risk of being on the road at all.
Were seeing the same pattern again today. Initial reports of a problem, followed by dozens of new reports coming to light as people seek to blame their earlier accidents on sudden acceleration.
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, 89These electronic defects apparently discriminate against the elderly, just as the sudden acceleration of Audis and GM autos did before them.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/I-am-not-afraid-of-my-Toyota-Prius-87361597.html
