no more heel & toeing

"President Akio Toyoda told reporters in Tokyo that the new system would
cut engine power when the accelerator and brakes are applied at the same
time"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8519534.stm

Mrs WUN won't be able to have so much fun around Sainsbury's car park with
her next Yaris...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie

Subtext: The reason some fuckwits have been crashing their Toyotas is
that they're too fucking stupid to realise they're still on the gas as
they're braking. We'll add a fix to protect them from themselves.

 

aka LCD[1] syndrome.

[1] lowest common denominator

 

thanks for the footnote, 'cos otherwise I'd have assumed you meant
"Liquid Crystal Display Syndrome".

 

heh, nice.

 

"Poka yoke"

 

I wonder if the US enthusiasm for pursuing these matters is in any way
related to the dire position of US car companies and the extent to which
they have lost market share to Japanese companies.

 

More likely their complete inability to build a decent car that will
last more than 2 years.

 

My Saab does this, although it is a slushbox.
Bizarrely the 911 also seemed to do so, and it isn't. As I left foot brake
it's ever so slightly annoying.

It may not do so in Sport but I'm invariably hyperventilating too much to
notice.

 

Dirty tricks from GM and Ford?
Yessah. Without a doubt - the faults on Toyotas are routine for the
industry and the Big American Makers have far from clean hands on
similar matters. Of course, the muppets in the media don't know when
they're being played like cheap fiddles.