Toyota hysteria: Horror stories really about us
As a follow up to the article he wrote for Forbes.com, Michael Fumento explains that the Toyota crisis is the result of media blowing things out of proportion.
Quotes from the story:
The mass reports of sudden-acceleration incidents just don't add up. Measured by reports to the National Highway Safety Administration, these same Toyotas were actually safe just a few months ago. And overseas they still are.
Clearly, the biggest cause of Toyota sudden-acceleration complaints is media coverage.
The NHTSA gets a constant stream of "speed control" complaints regarding every model of car. A recent New York Times analysis found almost 13,000 over the last decade (of which 10,000 didn't involve Toyotas).
People who cause accidents -- especially serious ones -- understandably want to blame something other than themselves. Sudden unintended acceleration does the trick.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/toyota_hysteria_fkQ7bahdNpTHOyesUuyGRJ
