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From: rjm@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Robert J. McArthur)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Techno Terror
Message-ID: <1991May2.033644.4529@newshost.anu.edu.au>
Date: 2 May 91 03:36:44 GMT
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In article <16@nvuxr.UUCP> ccw@nvuxr.UUCP (22456-christopher wood) writes:
>No faults were ever discovered in the Audis.  This is a popular
>misconception spread mostly by the media.  The cars lunged forward
>because drivers stomped on the gas, thinking it was the brake.  I saw
...

Fault or design error?  Is there a difference?  If the design of the pedals
were such that an "average driver" would mistake the accelerator for the 
brake pedal, then IMHO there is a design fault.

Robert
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