[orange4boy]

Go google SUV rollover in the news section and you find people dying every day in SUV rollovers. You know, the vehicle some people like to put forth as the safest vehicle to be in in an accident. These reports are not front page news, however.

Where is the huge recall of SUV's to fix the rollover epidemic and stem the flow of bodybags from the thousands of people who die needlessly every year.

Meanwhile, because of one crash, the Toyota gets all the headlines because people can't install their floormats properly or take responsibility for letting them get mashed against the pedals, or figure out how to shift their car into neutral.

The pathetic excuse we have for journalism here keeps parroting the falsehood that it's a flaw in the pedal and it gets stuck when it's aftermarket floormats that are the culprit. The idea that it's the electronic control has been debunked several times.

[QUOTE]Toyota said in a separate news release that during the past six years the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has undertaken an "exhaustive review of allegations of unintended acceleration on Toyota and Lexus vehicles and six times the agency closed the investigation without finding any electronic engine control system malfunction to be the cause of unintended acceleration."[quote]

I had one of these "events" with my Volvo 240 while I was trying to back up. My foot was on the gas and not the brake. Luckily I figured it out just in time and hit the brake but it was my own fault for not being careful enough.

Here's an idea, there should be some kind of tactile feedback so you can sense instantly if your foot is on the gas or the brake. Problem 1/2 solved.

Added. I don't know the numbers on Toyota SUV rollovers but would welcome more attention to it if it's a real problem.