要求豐田:“Toyota's first response should be immediate changes to their control systems, so drivers can safely stop a sudden unintended acceleration event”,可能光扔腳墊是不夠的了。
指出豐田的對失控車的控製問題做為起訴的支持點:一共四點:
* the ignition button on vehicles with a keyless ignition system must be depressed continuously for three seconds when the vehicle is moving before it will turn off the engine;
* the neutral gear position is difficult to find because it requires the driver to move the shifter both laterally and vertically; and
* when the throttle is in the open position it requires a brake pedal force of 150 pounds to stop the vehicle, five times more than the 30 pounds required when the vehicle is operating normally.
In addition, Toyota vehicles are not equipped with a brake-to-idle failsafe, which many other manufacturers already incorporate in their designs. This failsafe brings the engine to idle when both the throttle is in the open position at the same time the brake pedal is being depressed.
以上的第三點最要命,就是說很多人踩不下刹車。
估計將來保險公司分析出來到底那裏的問題,豐田會被索賠更多。這個訴訟隻是個開頭,假如這個贏了。以後豐田就會被無盡的官司告得焦頭爛額。
英文都是摘自原文。感謝樓主提供消息。