Old Lady Crashes Camry into Building, Blames Pedals Sticking

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01-29-2010, 07:19 PM

ack154

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Old Lady Crashes Camry into Building, Blames Pedals Sticking

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/29/e...es-unintended/

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We knew this would happen, and it didn't take long at all. A Pennsylvania woman has crashed her 2007 Toyota Camry into a Montgomery County laundromat on Wednesday, and she's blaming the ordeal on unintended acceleration. It was the unruly accelerator, officer! The 68-year-old woman was attempting to park her Camry when the sedan allegedly took off all by itself. The vehicle crashed through a window into a bank of washing machines and thankfully no one was injured. The 2007 Camry is among the vehicles affected by Toyota's recall of millions of vehicles for unintended acceleration claims.

Heeerrre we go.

02-26-2010, 05:29 AM

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I wonder how this will affect our insurance premiums.

I think the DMV driving tests should partly take the blame. The point of a driving test is to ensure drivers have the necessary skills and knowledge to keep them safe on the road. Skills like putting the car in neutral while it's moving. And ensuring drivers can repeditly operate the throttle and brakes without confusing the pedals. How the DMV thinks a lap around the block accomplishes this is beyond me.