Brake, Clutch and Accelerator Issue

There's a little story today that makes you sit, pause and think. The Wall Street Journal reports that Toyota is thinking over their accelerator and brake pedal design. The reporter weaves through this story and suggests a possible defect but then one is really agreeing that it is a defect. The safety guys would like to find a magic cause for 58 Toyota crashes. But you'd have to drink alot of Pabst to come to this vast conclusion of accelerator and brake pedal design issues.

I sat and pondered over this.

You can imagine this Japanese car engineer guy....a guy whose name translates to mean "Karl". He's the one and only Toyota brake and accelerator engineer. You can imagine his lofty status. Karl typically works fourteen hours a day and takes seven days of leave a year. Karl is pretty serious about pedal design....as you can imagine.

Karl probably jumped up and even admitted a mighty mistake to the Toyota management guys who were shocked that anyone would admit failure. Then this Japanese pedal engineer probably admitted that he'd like to design a totally different look and feel on brake and accelerator pedals.

So days pass there at the Toyota factory complex. The executives are all hyper and excited....a bold new brake and accelerator design. The engineer group is all peppy and thinking of the huge status that Karl has gained by his project.

After weeks and weeks....Karl realizes there really isn't much he can invent. Then suddenly, he gazes at a old magazine he had from his high school years. And this bold idea comes to his mind. He goes onto the internet and finds this company in south Mississippi....Mo's Used Parts......and then orders this kit.

A week passes, and then the Japanese FEDEX guy arrives. Karl opens the box and there is his solution....a 1966 Ford Mustang brake, clutch and accelerator pedal kit. Karl copies these carefully and within days is ready to show the Toyota bigwigs.

Everyone stands in awe of Karl and his marvelous new and bold design. Days and weeks pass....and new models of Toyota began to appear in America.

Standing there one night...at the Toyota dealer is Woody....the retired Ford Mustang brake, clutch, and accelerator engineer.....and frankly....he finds some things kinda suspicious.

Source: http://ripleyporch.blogspot.com/2010/08/brake-clutch-and-accelerator-issue.html