RE: m/b's crashing into walls in reverse.

["Sedon, Doug (OD)" <sedond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

gary,

certainly this will be interesting to follow.  i know that there were a lot of
'unintended acceleration' incidents w/the audi, too - perhaps, misplaced pedals
in and of itself, is a culpable fault, i dunno.  it sure makes the answer to
your query about whether m/b can detect brake usage or not, a little more
exciting!

doug s.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Gary Stark [SMTP:redbakstark@domain.elided]
	Sent:	Friday, September 25, 1998 4:08 PM
	To:	alfa-digest@domain.elided; Sedon, Doug (OD)
	Subject:	

	Doug,

	> sorry, gary, sounds like an old "60 minutes" audi 
	> story to me.  soundslike your friend stepped on 
	> the gas, not the brakes.  sounds like more than 
	> 40 other benz owners have done likewise.  in the 

	That was certainly my first thought too. But when I saw the extent of
	other occurrences, I began to wonder. Certainly, the insurance company
	is on her side, (there's a pleasant change) and it seems that they
	will sue MB.

	FWIW, the NHTSC site also documents an EXTREMELY HIGH number of jeeps
	(I think it was) that seem to have experienced similar problems. 

	Operator error? Hmmmmm :)

	I wonder if they have documented any instances of cup-holders
	experiencing sudden and unintended acceleration ?

	g.
	Gary Stark              74 Alfa Spider
	gstark@domain.elided  87 Alfa Milan (truncated)
	http://redbacksWeb.com  91 Mercedes 190E
	Up over in Dallas from down under in Sydney.


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