Local Woman Says Her Toyota Wouldn't Stop

$$$Cha Ching$$$! $he smells the sweet aroma of cash! And it would be Japanese cash at that. I don't believe this $tory for one second. $he was lost, speeding around a curve and look what happened. Don't underestimate what people will say and do for money. Was $he drinking or drunk? Toyota better quit selling cars soon because the lawyer leeches are circling the carcasse$ for lawsuit$. $$$$

Come on folks, we all know in a situation like this, most folks panic and don't know what to do. I agree that putting the vehicle in neutral would disengage the drive train and the vehicle would begin slow and eventually come to a stop. Given the fact that she was continually accelerating and had no brakes during the incident, I imagine the combination of the two surely caused her to panic on an even more severe level and lose sight of what she needed to do. I know this woman personally, she is an intelligent, articulate person with a very gentle and naive nature. I was just speaking to her last about this incident and she told me that the airbags didn't even deploy. After multiple impacts with a utility pole, tree after tree after tree and then nose diving into a holding pond that has no water, only huge limestone boulders in it, you would think that one of the impact points which cause the airbags to deploy would have been struck. The fact that the airbags didn't deploy in itself is a defect worthy of a lawsuit. I can't speak for others claiming this as the cause of their accidents, but this lady is not lazy, nor is she sue happy. And believe me, there are tons of folks filing malicious, and most of the time frivilous, lawsuits daily. I work for a law firm and see them all the time. This, on the other hand, actually has some merit in my opinion. The acceleration, lack of brakes and failure of the airbags to deploy on impact combined in one lawsuit will likely net some pretty nice proceeds. As for the recall letter, it mentioned nothing about the brakes not working when the accelerator sticks, nor does it say anything about the airbags not deploying because of the accelerator sticking. These two points alone can win a lawsuit. If not for the fact that I know this woman, I too would probably doubt the veracity of most of the claims of damages due to the sticking accelerator. Toyota definitely needs to figure out how to prove or disprove the claims.

Toyota better come up with a way to find out(prove)if an accelerator actually has stuck on a vehicle or not.And they better do it quick.Oterwise,this sue-happy,lazy *ss country will have that company bankrupt in 12 months.

I think it's a load of crap myself. All of a sudden, when someone wrecks their Toyota it's the fault of the machine. I don't buy it. This lady sees an opportunity to cash in, and is in the process of taking it.

How about putting it in neutral or turning the key to off.

you just said you was not knowing where you was

if she would been paying attt. & not speeding nothing would happen, once you heard of the recall you had to blame it on something.have you ever heard of bad karma,the good lord punishes in strange ways.Think About it