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A man who attempted to return his recalled Toyota pickup truck to All Star Toyota on Airline Highway on Saturday crashed into the dealership building when his allegedly faulty accelerator stuck, the Baton Rouge Police Department reported.
The crash caused extensive damage to the truck involved, but no major injuries were reported, said Lt. Todd G. Lee Sr., chief of administrative services for the Police Department.
Sounds like a perfect set up for a lawsuit. Suddenly all these throttle stuck toyotas plowing into everything. Yeah right.
Just my opinion, but I just don't completely buy the throttle sticking thing. Granted there does seem to be a real problem but also I know how clueless so many people are about driving.
What an idiot. he crashes his new truck on purpose just to prove a point. Now he has a damaged truck, his insurance will probably go up, hope the dealership sues him and wins, what a loser.
What an idiot. he crashes his new truck on purpose just to prove a point. Now he has a damaged truck, his insurance will probably go up, hope the dealership sues him and wins, what a loser.
The article specifically states that there is no proof it was intentional
The article specifically states that there is no proof it was intentional
Yeah, what a coincidence that he rams his truck (oh, sorry -- "the truck rammed itself") into the dealership right after he gets into a dispute with them. Well guess what, Toyotas are equipped with event data recorders that store the last few moments of driver inputs in the computer's memory, kind of like a "black box." If they pulled that data, I'd put my money on there being no "emergency braking" input as part of the event data.
Yeah, what a coincidence that he rams his truck (oh, sorry -- "the truck rammed itself") into the dealership right after he gets into a dispute with them. Well guess what, Toyotas are equipped with event data recorders that store the last few moments of driver inputs in the computer's memory, kind of like a "black box." If they pulled that data, I'd put my money on there being no "emergency braking" input as part of the event data.
While I'm skeptical too, how accurate would that data be if it really did take off on its own?
Skeptical here as well. But just remember that if he did do it intentionally and they can't prove it it's no different than all the little tricks the dealers use that are deceitful. Dealers use band aids and all kinds of tricks to sell cars so it's not like we are talking about the guy pulling fraud on some innocent angel here.
i'm really interested to see how this one plays out. we all 'know' he did it, but it will be interesting to see how this plays out. they have no proof it was intentional. he, on the other hand, has a vehicle known to have an issue that would cause this exact thing.
personally, in this instance, i'm rooting for Toyota to prove this guy wrong. somebody needs to learn a hard lesson about how to control his temper.
Mike
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