Posted 2/22/2010 09:19:00 PM by Douglas

Unbelievable. This whole Toyota thing is going to get out of hand when it comes to light that there are people behind bars because their cars malfunctioned, they knew about the problem, and people died.

The 1996 Camry is not the subject of the current round of safety recalls, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received more than 17 complaints from owners of other 1996 Camrys alleging defects that led to sudden acceleration, some of them quite recently.

"I was angry for a moment, but when I came to my senses and thought about it, I didn't understand it," said Quincy Adams whose son and grandson were among those killed. "I can't believe that a guy with his pregnant wife, a kid in a car seat, his father-in-law and a brother-in-law in the car, would purposely be speeding up this ramp like that," said Bridgette Trice, whose seven-year old daughter later died from injuries suffered in the accident.

She said the news stories about Toyota's problems led her to reconsider what happened in the accident that killed her daughter.

A Toyota spokesman said the company would not comment because the case could lead to lawsuits against Toyota.

You're damned right it will. A faulty throttle isn't the end of the world when you make 10 million cars a year, but covering it up is going to cost them. An out of control car isn't the same thing as a hot cup of coffee, but look what happened to McDonald's when they ignored their coffee temperature.