To: DMaA who wrote (350828 ) 2/26/2010 4:30:49 PM From: Brumar89 3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) | Respond to Media Auto Defects [Henry Payne]ABC News — in the tradition of 60 Minutes (Audi) and Dateline NBC (GM) rigging cars to fail — tasked a tort stooge with sabotaging a Toyota in order to get the intended, shocking result. ABC reporter Brian Ross brought on "automotive expert" David Gilbert from Southern Illinois University to demonstrate an electronic glitch in a Toyota Avalon. What ABC did not explain is that Gilbert is a paid shill for trial lawyers. By shorting together two normally independent throttle pedal sensors, Gilbert demonstrated that a Toyota Avalon throttle would go wide open regardless of the driver's input. But, as the technically reliable Autoblog.com explains, this only proved “that Gilbert was able to create a fault condition that could never happen without human intervention. To imply otherwise is unethical on the part of both ABC and Mr. Gilbert.” planetgore.nationalreview.com
