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By: (Jalopnik) America, You Brought The Toyota Hoax On Yourself « Interesting finds

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:49:21 +0000

[…] anything else. And the patterns — Brian Ross and ABC reviving the 60 Minutes Audi hoax, a hefty swing in UA complaint sources toward older drivers (see our chart) — seem to have more to do with mass psychology and opportunism than technical […]

By: Prius Frenzy: If you’re not elderly, phantom acceleration probably won’t kill you

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:24:04 +0000

[…] In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger. […]

By: The Toyota witch hunt « Benighted Comment

The Toyota witch hunt « Benighted Comment — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:18:51 +0000

[…] here, here, here, and here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Nice Business Week article: […]

By: Walter Olson: Toyota is Audi all over again | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:12:08 +0000

[…] list of 56 fatal incidents over 19 years purportedly involving unintended Toyota acceleration, and according to my Overlawyered co-blogger Ted Frank — in a Thursday analysis refined and extended the next day […]

By: Quite possibly the last car you’ll ever own! | Akkam's Razor

Quite possibly the last car you’ll ever own! | Akkam's Razor — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:25:53 +0000

By: London The » ‘Sudden Acceleration’ Evidence Against Toyota Weakens Under Examination

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:35:19 +0000

[…] the Los Angeles Times, which was also analyzed to an extent by Washington Examiner op-ed writer and Overlawyered blogger Ted Frank, to make important points about the likelihood of driver error in many of […]

By: BizzyBlog

BizzyBlog — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:48:48 +0000

[…] Los Angeles Times, which was also analyzed to an extent by Washington Examiner op-ed writer and Overlawyered blogger Ted Frank, to make important points about the likelihood of driver error in many of […]

By: Variations on the theme of beige « Blunt Object

Variations on the theme of beige « Blunt Object — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:28:41 +0000

[…] mystery of sudden acceleration (Marginal Revolution) In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, […]

By: The age of people who experience “sudden acceleration” in their Toyotas | Life, Liberty, and Property

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:01:26 +0000

[…] From Overlawyered.com: Dating back to 1992 models, LA Times reporters found 56 deaths reported to NHTSA over the course of 19 model-years. If Toyota is suffering from electronic problems, these electronic problems should affect all drivers equally. If Toyota sudden acceleration is caused by driver pedal misapplication, then we should expect to see a disproportionate number of elderly and short drivers. Unfortunately, we don’t have driver heights, and in only 24 of the 56 cases, did the Times list the age of the driver. […]

By: Waldo Jaquith - links for 2010-03-12

Waldo Jaquith - links for 2010-03-12 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:03:33 +0000

[…] Overlawyered: Toyota acceleration—Why I'm skeptical The median reported age of Toyota drivers that have died from accelerator problems is 60.5. A third of them are older than 70. Unless the median age of Toyota drivers is really quite old, that certainly seems like a strong sign of user error, as opposed to a technical problem. (tags: toyota) […]