Runaway Prius Almost Kills 12-Year Old - Toyota Recall - Jalopnik Where did they fit that age detecting sensor in the Prius? http://www.azcentral.com/12news/con...8Prius-Acceleration-Accident-04082010-CR.html Might as well include the others. http://www.fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2010/04/07/news/03news.txt http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=371581&src=5 A Prius takes out a Police Chief's Crown Victoria . . . Bob Wilson
In the first story, "Runaway Prius", the guy looks to be past his prime in driving skills :-( It is so sad to see people whom should not be driving anymore, blame a perfectly fine car.
So this article names the vehicle that was struck, but fails to name the vehicle behind that was unable to stop. I smell a bias. Local news here has had numerous recent reports of SUAs or vehicles otherwise leaving the road or parking lot and colliding with buildings, or (this afternoon) a child not in the road. The reports have been mentioning driver ages, and the non-DUI cases are heavily biased to my age and older. But the reports have generally been refraining from naming the vehicle make or model, even when a Toyota logo is clearly visible in a picture. The one recent memorable exception was a Lexus, where the 70-something driver admitted to pedal error. Of course, many pictured cases have other brands visible. Toyotas are popular enough here, so that the outlets must not feel a need to ostracize a scary minority.
