Comments on: Against the Proposed Toyota Ban http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/against-the-proposed-toyota-ban.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 12:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Speez http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/against-the-proposed-toyota-ban.html/comment-page-1#comment-6163 Speez Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:42:08 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15029#comment-6163 from detroit free press • Toyota hid the existence of its roof strength tests in numerous cases. A new potential class action filed in California on behalf of two women left paralyzed by separate Toyota rollover crashes contends that recently uncovered company documents contradict sworn testimony by Toyota officials that the company had no written standard for how far vehicle roofs could be crushed. The long-hidden documents indicate Toyota did have such a standard: Roofs could come no closer than a half-millimeter from test dummies' heads in a rollover crash. "This type of conduct by the Toyota defendants is illegal, immoral and unprofessional," said attorney E. Todd Tracy in a similar recent lawsuit accusing Toyota of fraud in older cases. • The attorney for 76-year-old retiree Robert Elmes -- hospitalized for five weeks after a 2006 crash in Pennsylvania in which he says his 2002 Camry surged forward unexpectedly -- has sought repeatedly and unsuccessfully in federal court to obtain Toyota documents concerning the car's electronic throttle control. Questions surrounding that device are at the center of the government's investigation into sudden acceleration. Toyota has denied that the electronic throttle control is to blame for the crashes. Elmes, of Canonsburg, Pa., said it's clear Toyota is "dragging it out as long as possible" to avoid making any disclosures in court involving the electronic throttle control. Elmes filed his lawsuit in 2008, well before the recalls began. "Before the accident, I thought that was the nicest car I ever owned. Now I think Toyota's interest is only in the bottom line, period, and they don't care about safety," Elmes said. "I wouldn't take another Toyota if they gave it to me." from detroit free press

• Toyota hid the existence of its roof strength tests in numerous cases. A new potential class action filed in California on behalf of two women left paralyzed by separate Toyota rollover crashes contends that recently uncovered company documents contradict sworn testimony by Toyota officials that the company had no written standard for how far vehicle roofs could be crushed. The long-hidden documents indicate Toyota did have such a standard: Roofs could come no closer than a half-millimeter from test dummies’ heads in a rollover crash.
“This type of conduct by the Toyota defendants is illegal, immoral and unprofessional,” said attorney E. Todd Tracy in a similar recent lawsuit accusing Toyota of fraud in older cases.
• The attorney for 76-year-old retiree Robert Elmes — hospitalized for five weeks after a 2006 crash in Pennsylvania in which he says his 2002 Camry surged forward unexpectedly — has sought repeatedly and unsuccessfully in federal court to obtain Toyota documents concerning the car’s electronic throttle control.
Questions surrounding that device are at the center of the government’s investigation into sudden acceleration. Toyota has denied that the electronic throttle control is to blame for the crashes. Elmes, of Canonsburg, Pa., said it’s clear Toyota is “dragging it out as long as possible” to avoid making any disclosures in court involving the electronic throttle control. Elmes filed his lawsuit in 2008, well before the recalls began.
“Before the accident, I thought that was the nicest car I ever owned. Now I think Toyota’s interest is only in the bottom line, period, and they don’t care about safety,” Elmes said. “I wouldn’t take another Toyota if they gave it to me.”

]]> By: Joe Nonnenkamp http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/against-the-proposed-toyota-ban.html/comment-page-1#comment-5557 Joe Nonnenkamp Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:47:53 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=15029#comment-5557 Senator Johanns is probably funded by union thugs who can't stand the fact that foreign countries make better cars. Toyota screwed this up, but they took responsibility, and will continue to make good cars into the next decade. Where was the forced apology when Ford had to recall 4 million cars a few years ago? Where was the witch hunt? Toyota makes $1,500 per car, GM loses $2,500 per car. Toyota decided that they didn't want to pay high school dropouts who show up drunk and/or high to work $75 an hour to do something a six year old could do. Their plants in the south are doing great, while Detroit continues its descent into a giant slum. This is all about pushing a non-compete to protect the government-owned GM. I advise my fellow Americans to be patriotic and buy foreign cars. Senator Johanns is probably funded by union thugs who can’t stand the fact that foreign countries make better cars. Toyota screwed this up, but they took responsibility, and will continue to make good cars into the next decade. Where was the forced apology when Ford had to recall 4 million cars a few years ago? Where was the witch hunt?

Toyota makes $1,500 per car, GM loses $2,500 per car. Toyota decided that they didn’t want to pay high school dropouts who show up drunk and/or high to work $75 an hour to do something a six year old could do. Their plants in the south are doing great, while Detroit continues its descent into a giant slum.

This is all about pushing a non-compete to protect the government-owned GM. I advise my fellow Americans to be patriotic and buy foreign cars.

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