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So, as is fairly common knowledge, Toyota’s got a problem with their gas pedals. They just want to stick to their slogan: Keep Moving Forward. What company wouldn’t want to stick to their slogan, I mean hey, that’s the point of a slogan right?
Olive Garden, “When You’re Here, You’re Family”. Applebee’s, “Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood”, Mastercard, “For everything else, there’s mastercard.” AT&T, “More Bars in More Places”, you get the idea. Companies have these little phrases to help you be inspired to use/purchase/like their products. If I were Toyota, I’d change the company slogan pronto! Especially when this all started to come about a few months back.
In a CNN video I watched, the reporter was talking about the acceleration system being “electronic”, and comparing it to the older cable system where the gas pedal was literally connected to the engine via a physical cable. That sounds a hell of a lot safer to me. Cars are becoming more computerized than they should be, if you ask me. I can see how adding some kind of crazy entertainment system with computer-controlled this and that would be cool. I can see how digitally-adjusted climate control, or speed/rpm/etc gauges can be fun, but when it comes to the core job of the car, stop and go, I believe that older technology to be just fine. Toyota needs to leave well enough alone here, and put their focuses elsewhere so that safety doesn’t become a liability.
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