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Old 02-08-2011, 10:24 PM   #8
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...terstitialskip

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But in its report, NASA said it is "not realistic" to try to prove Toyota's ETC does not cause unintended acceleration. The report also notes a lack of evidence linking ETC to runaway cars "does not vindicate" Toyota's system.
http://www.trb.org/PolicyStudies/Uni...tionStudy.aspx

Click on Prof. Todd Hubing's presentation for some interesting tidbits.

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Unfortunately, EMI problems leave no lasting evidence.
Electronic failures definitely to blame for some accidents, but it's difficult to recognize or document these failures.
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/UA/012711Belt.pdf

This presentation explains how a certain "latch-up" could cause UA.

BTW, selective journalism is awesome.
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