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From: cirby@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (((((C.Irby)))))
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Techno Terror
Message-ID: <1991May2.183409.46457@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 2 May 91 18:28:09 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.020847.12423@osh3.OSHA.GOV> <1991Apr30.225521.755@husc3.harvard.edu> <16@nvuxr.UUCP> <1991May2.033644.4529@newshost.anu.edu.au>
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In article <1991May2.033644.4529@newshost.anu.edu.au>, rjm@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Robert J. McArthur) writes:
> 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.

No... the design of the pedals was fine... the last I heard of it was that
it was 'dumb driver in fast car' error... The whole thing was started by 
someone who had a self-caused accident, and the news took it from there.

The Government even cleared Audi...


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