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Feds Studying if Cosmic Rays are Causing Toyota’s Acceleration Problems – Yes, Really

Here’s a perfect example of why the United States should have as few government workers/bureaucrats as possible. Freep.com has a story called “Are cosmic rays really causing Toyota’s woes?” The story says, “It may sound far-fetched, but federal regulators are studying whether sudden acceleration in Toyotas is linked to cosmic rays.” If cosmic rays are not the cause of the problem, the brain trust should investigate if Toyota’s sudden acceleration problem is caused by cooties.

Exorcising Toyota’s Demons

Overlawyered’s Walter Olson has a great column today called “Exorcising Toyota’s Demons,” which is subtitled “Reviewing the history of tort-bar opportunism and media malfeasance should dispel the Great Toyota Panic of 2010.”

I Am Not Afraid of My Toyota Prius

I am very skeptical that Toyota is to blame for the small number of acceleration problems. So is the author of a column in the Washington Examiner: “I’ve been driving Toyota Priuses since 2001. As a junior defense lawyer in the mid-90s, I litigated a number of bogus sudden acceleration cases that were brought against General Motors. So the recent kerfuffle over alleged mysterious electronic problems with the Prius and other Toyotas has certainly caught my attention beyond just throwing my floor mat in the trunk.”