In the summer and fall of 2009, hundreds of Toyota owners came forward with an<\/p>\n
alarming allegation: Their cars were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating. Toyota<\/p>\n
was forced to recall 10 million vehicles, pay a fine of more than $1 billion, and settle<\/p>\n
countless lawsuits. The consensus was that there was something badly wrong with the<\/p>\n
world\u2019s most popular cars. <\/p>\n
However, Revisionist History\u2019s podcast argues that most of the sudden acceleration accidents have some pretty clear patterns: the drivers tend to be older, shorter, tend to be people who are driving an unfamiliar car. The driver knows which one is the brake pedal and which one is the accelerator pedal, he just gets in a state where he feels like acting he\u2019s acting normally and he\u2019s not. Somewhere between intention and action, there\u2019s a glitch. The driver puts the foot on accelerator, thinking it\u2019s the brake, he wants to stop the car, but in fact he\u2019s speeding it up. And this is the \u201cImpulse Variability Theory\u201d: Your brain requests a very specific action, but your body fails to deliver exactly what it told to do. It was the human error that caused the accident.<\/p>\n
Besides, when high profile case happened, people get focus on one brand like Toyota, but that\u2019s just the effect of publicity, it happens to a lot of big brands. <\/p>\n
Use the above argument to analyze what happened in this case. You can seek out any additional information if you wish. But your main focus should be to bring in as many of the concepts from the ppt that you think are relevant in explaining how this case evolved. Finally, think about what you would recommend to people who find themselves driving an unfamiliar car to avoid the tragic consequences described.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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