| population are not driving enthusiasts but merely drive in order to get from point A to point B at their convenience. As such, they put as little effort/thought as possible into driving. Toyotas are nothing more than appliances on wheels (IMO) and this is why I think they have such a large appeal to these drivers; just like a dishwasher or a washing machine doesn't take much thought operate, they plop behind the wheel with the same expectations of simplicty. Now throw in an emergency situation where one's life (and other's lives) are in danger and they find themselves unable to react properly to the situation. They can't process a thought pattern that equates to the appliance equivalent of hitting the "off" button: putting the car into neutral, steering/braking to the side of the road, and shutting off the car. What is common sense to you and I doesnt' cross their minds because they are partially paralyzed by panic. I'm not saying that I wouldn't have heart palpitations if my car went into sudden acceleration but I've processed the sequence of events through my mind enough times that I believe I'd get the situation under control if it were to happen. I don't think your average driver (Toyota or otherwise) has done the same.
Dave
This car is probably owned by a snowboarder. Sig Quotes: "I JUST saw your polls post" email from BigTDogg on March 24, 2009 in reference to this polls post from Jan 7, 2009. "Your sausage scares me!" - TT-XTZ 6/13/05 "Or he's having a rough week like the rest of us and decided to take out his agressions of not being breast fed on me." BigTDogg 15:45, 09/25/03 "Pick her up from day care and take her to Dairy Queen for a snow cone." YugoBernie 1/7/04 of course those are canadian bannings and beatings, which after the conversion rate is really only a "hey! stop that!" Chris(NJ) 1/14/04 see the green "n" next to my name? what's COZ? (n/m) - 300zx88 8/11/04 |
