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Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:15PM from the Which-pedal-did-you-say-was-the-brake? dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "An intensive 10 month investigation into possible causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota cars found no fault with the automaker's electronic throttle control systems, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday." Didn't the NHTSA say essentially the same thing last July?

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Just to clarify.. (Score:5, Funny)

by MobileTatsu-NJG ( 946591 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:18PM (#35144426)

Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again
Since none of you actually RTFA's, I thought I'd do my good deed for the day and point out that they mean the people behind the wheel are the problem, not the gas pedal drivers.

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So now it's official. (Score:5, Funny)

by cvtan ( 752695 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:23PM (#35144484)

The cars are not perfect, but they are smarter than the drivers that own them.

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Well then ... (Score:5, Funny)

by PPH ( 736903 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:26PM (#35144516)

...we should be expecting new drivers on patch Tuesday.

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Re:Just to clarify.. (Score:5, Funny)

by Gohtar ( 1829140 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @07:28PM (#35144538)

Windows has detected a Gas Pedal compliant device and is attempting to find the drivers for it. Windows could not find drivers for your device, the device may not function properly until the drivers are installed.

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Re:Just to clarify.. (Score:5, Funny)

by angelwolf71885 ( 1181671 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @08:08PM (#35144918)

WARNING: the device " Gas Pedal " has performed a fatal operation

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Re:the Mythbusters need to test Toyota's! (Score:2, Funny)

by geekoid ( 135745 ) writes: <dadinportlandNO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @08:41PM (#35145222) Homepage Journal

After reading how sloppy the spelling in that post is, I wish I could blow it up.

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Re:Just to clarify.. (Score:5, Funny)

by Quiet_Desperation ( 858215 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @08:43PM (#35145240)

collecting the pitch/roll/yawn as well as the engines RPM's and level of fuel-tanks
The level of yawns might be a clear indicator of what caused the crash.

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correlation != causation (Score:4, Funny)

by Surt ( 22457 ) writes: on Tuesday February 08, 2011 @08:48PM (#35145294) Homepage Journal

Just because a lot of Toyotas are out of control doesn't mean there's a problem with Toyotas. Clearly, out of control drivers prefer to buy Toyota.

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