Toyota Accelerator Data Skewed Toward Elderly 776
An anonymous reader passes along this discussion on the data for the Toyota accelerator problem, from a few weeks back. (Here's a Google spreadsheet of the data.) "Several things are striking. First, the age distribution really is extremely skewed. The overwhelming majority are over 55. Here's what else you notice: a slight majority of the incidents involved someone either parking, pulling out of a parking space, in stop and go traffic, at a light or stop sign... in other words, probably starting up from a complete stop."
And 1/2... (Score:5, Funny)
Were little old ladies form Pasadena...
goes to show.. (Score:5, Funny)
Old people can't use computers. Even if it involves lightly pressing on the accelerator.
Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Now get off my lawn before I accelerate uncontrollably and run you down!
God-damned kids!
Re:goes to show.. (Score:5, Funny)
They tried to right-click on the brake.
Re:goes to show.. (Score:0, Funny)
I can't find the any key!
An even greater correlation among the names (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Did you type this on a manual typewriter? (Score:5, Funny)
All in all I'd be hard pressed to come up with a situation in which modern autos are "better".
Teenage girls.
That being said, i agree with you 100%. Ive been driving manual since getting my license, and find AT to be very annoying.
Re:Correlation != causation (Score:3, Funny)
bingo. Ok, ok, I'm 53.
Aren't you a little too young to be playing bingo?
Re:Did you type this on a manual typewriter? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh my my. You have never driven a manual car I see.
Aside from the better fuel economy, the car is much nicer to drive.
It's a also a great theft deterrent - most car thieves in the US don't know how to drive stick.
Re:Did you type this on a manual typewriter? (Score:4, Funny)
Dear mods, can we stop modding different opinions as flamebait please? Thanks.