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Originally Posted by first one
34 people have died!!! How is it being blown way out of proportion? Geez
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That is definitely a tragedy, I am not saying it isn't . . . (I thought the number was 19, still a tragedy either way) ; I am very sorry for those people and their families, friends, etc.
I do understand that it is not "fair" to those 19 or 34 or however many people to think of them as statistics, but how many people are killed in car accidents every day? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it is a big number . . . and who knows how many of those could be attributed to some kind of vehicle fault if you looked a them . . .
I couldn't find the accident statistics that I read, but I think they were in Industry Week, here is a related article:
http://www.industryweek.com/articles...94.aspx?Page=2
Another angle on this whole thing is that Toyota more or less started the "lean manufacturing" movement, aka "Toyota Production System" and that approach has produced big benefits for a lot of manufacturers; But now that whole approach is also being questioned. That's why it is getting so much attention in Industry Week.
So yes I do understand / agree that they have a problem (or maybe several problems), but I don't think it's like every toyota on the road is about to drive itself off a cliff . . . and it needs to be put into perspective.
hmmmmm . . . . oh no, I just realized a big problem . . . I was planning to buy myself a new Camaro, and my wife was going to take the 2006 Camry . . . now I have to reconsider whether I want her driving that death trap . . . maybe I'll have to buy her the Camaro and beg to drive it on weekends . . .