Comments on: Hysteria Trumps Reason in Prius Acceleration Story

By: tapra1

tapra1 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:47:21 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:31 +0000

jimmy d.

your theory should be easy to prove/dis-prove. since the black box records pedal positions. if the car was stuck in a loop, the positions would probably be very consistent and repetitive. if one were to plot a graph, it's probably nearly identical between cycles.

however, if a human was trying to fake a runaway incident, it is likely the positions would be less uniform.

in terms of data making sense, keep in mind actions of an irrational person also will never make sense.

By: Jimmy D.

Jimmy D. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:52 +0000

In listening to the reports Toyota claims he switched from accelerator to break more than 255 times. That’s because the memory in the chip runs out after that. However, does that make human sense? Software can get into loops and this condition looks more like a software bug where the software actually causes the switches to the accelerator back and forth and back and forth while you are standing on the brake. Someone needs to ask the question, do the readings actually make sense in relation to a human beings action and timing? Once the loop is broken the condition often cannot be recreated, because values are reset. In debugging software the number of variables and exact values which drive a system into a loop are very difficult to determine. So I think people need to review what information the system does provide and then examine that information in relation to a human beings capabilities. FYI – if timings are associated with these actions humans are inconsistent and slow down after time, machines remain more consistent with their timing intervals.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:40:47 +0000

dude, the billionaire himself said he was mis-quoted. get a grip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius#Cruise_control

By: Realist

Realist — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:47:10 +0000

Dude, when Billionaires start reporting that their Prius’s have incidents of “Uncontrolled, Scary Acceleration”, you might want to start believing this problem is real.

When the Billionaire in question is ALSO an electronics genius, and worth 5 Billion dollars. You *really* need to believe this problem is real.

Steve Wozniak has reported the problem in his Prius. Check it out:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10445564-64.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:14:25 +0000

larson:

What other companies are releasing is the Event Data Recorder (black box) information, not the computer control software.

I agree with the article, the EDR data should be made more accessible by Toyota, especially in this situation.

By: sheckyvegas

sheckyvegas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:43 +0000

AAAUUGGHHHH! HIDE! EVERYBODY HIDE!

By: Scott Thomas

Scott Thomas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:13 +0000

Toyota and others knew they were having issues and attempted to hide it. All Car Companies should have came forward with a full disclosures of what car were dangerous. Instead of waiting for a huge media blitz and tons of public pressure. I never seen so many car companies GM – NISSAN – TOYOTA – HYUNDAI having recalls all at the same time. I had no idea my car was affected until I looked on http://www.carpedalrecall.com and found I had a bad Anti Lock control unit on my 2008 Pontiac G8 , my co workers Ford Truck had a recall also. So be careful

By: larson

larson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:50:10 +0000

Mr. Fusion - "Toyota, nor any other company involved with software, will not release their source codes to help them resolve any possible glitches."

That must be why all the other car manufacturers release theirs? Again read the article I posted above.

Toyota...whether it comes out today, tomorrow or a month from now Toyota has dooped the American people and will pay for it.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:41:13 +0000

At HH Owner and larson:

The Prius is not an iPhone in need of a new Stop-N'Go app.

Toyota, nor any other company involved with software, will not release their source codes to help them resolve any possible glitches. Much like you would not release your personal finance information to help solve your debt problems.

That San Diego Prius should be publicly examined and tested to see if the control failure can be repeated. As should other claims of this nature.
On the other hand, severe penalties should be created for false claims.