Toyota's Science in Question

Officials from Toyota are trying to rebut claims from prominent researchers who suggest that the automaker's solution to faulty brake pedals may not actually work.

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[retep497]

It all boils down to whether a natural process can cause a resistive short such that (i) the computer doesn't pick that it has occurred; and (ii) that the resistive short acts to accelerate the vehicle. It is amazing that Toyota's engineers and Exponent's engineers aren't aware of a naturally occurring process that can cause a resistive short in tin plated or soldered electronics. Such resistive short circuits due to "tin whiskers" have been found in Toyota's accelerator pedals!!!!!

[Xytos]

@jjjooommm222 well im not a toyota guy (i've never oned one in my life), but the speaker at the end was a standford professor not, toyota employee. basically, he said that the system was artificially modified with and, in essence, "exaggerated" because a car would not ordinarily be modified that way. meanwhile, he doesn't mention that fact that we dont know what naturally causes toyota cars to accelerate. which technically means it could indeed be a short circuit in gilbert's experiment.

[Xytos]

what he actually meant to say was because gilbert caused the rev artificially by modifying the system. according to the speaker though, under normal circumstances, that "artificially modified" state cannot happen (because no would would modify it thatway). he's not refuting the analysis on the natural causes of the circuits, he is just pointing out that the experiment has no contextual relevance to the analysis.

thank you.

[jjjooommm222]

Ugh, I hate how news seems to be writen for the lowest common denominator. Could we get some info please? What the hell does putting 200 Ohms "across the sensors" mean? What type of sensors are they? What are they suggesting may cause them misbehave?

The Toyota guy at the end is a cock. He attempts to confuse the ignorant and manuevers to present an obvious and conceeded point that the study wasn't designed to test as some fundamental flaw in the conclusions.

[TheVMFA333]

honda please

[binzsta86]

fuck professor Gilbert!

[masteryoda394]

who is professor Gilbert???