CENSORSHIP at CBSMiami on Toyota Camry Outdoor Diner Crash

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/10/04/witnesses-out-of-control-car-slammed-into-outdoor-diners/

CBSMiami removed comments. Does this station have a vested interest in protecting Toyota? Is this more important than public safety?

Here is more CENSORSHIP...what I could save of it before it was totally removed. It's only a sample of the comments censored. An SUA victim and blogger were impacted too.

Charlene McCarthy Blake  disqus_opJ5VKk8FJ • a day agoHold on, this is waiting to be approved by CBS Miami.

Azar is a SUA victim herself who has permanent damage to her legs. She's still faced with years of rehab and more surgeries (24 already!) due to no fault of her own. Her Lexus became out of control in a similar way and she was not able to maintain control of it.

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  disqus_opJ5VKk8FJ  Charlene McCarthy Blake • a day ago

  
  

  Another victim (and denier) of driver error. EDR data will back this up, no doubt. 

  
  

  
  
  

   

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    Charlene McCarthy Blake  disqus_opJ5VKk8FJ • a day agoHold on, this is waiting to be approved by CBS Miami.

    
    

    Be careful though because Toyota has also stated emphatically that the EDR shows "no braking" when drivers emphatically say they were! When the EDR dat suits Toyota, this is what it will show. It's called CHERRY-PICKING the data to suit escaping manufacturer's responsibility.

    Recall all the hot water that NHTSA is in regarding the GM ignition switch debacle? NHTSA aided and abetted Toyota during the first sudden unintended acceleration fiasco, according to most SUA victims! I was present during the recent NHTSA hot seat in front of Congress. Rest assured, NOTHING has changed there!

    Remember WHO was found to be lying to Congress, NHTSA, and customers. It was Toyota that got a "deferred prosecution agreement" from the DOJ and who has to be monitored for YEARS due to its brazen disregard for the TRUTH.

    Dr. Antony Anderson, an expert electrical engineer the UK, has shown that Toyota EDR can be inaccurate and inconsistent. See the Highlander crashes into home on YT. He found that that data recording did not match the movements of the vehicle in he video.

    THIS is the way that Toyota will attempt to incriminate the driver if at all possible, IMO. It's happened before and it will likely continue to happen.

    And..as a historical aside, I've seen this OWNER BLAME GAME before in the case of Toyota engine oil sludge. See Automotive News May 13, 2002 issue which gives my story. It was another Toyota consumer effort in which I participated. Back then...and to this day...Toyota maintained this serious engine malady was caused by owner maintenance neglect of their own vehicles. It has never taken due responsibility for the defect which owners say caused the engine oil to be consumed quickly and baked within the engine.

    
    

CENSORSHIP: Toyota Camry Sudden Unintended Acceleration

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/10/04/witnesses-out-of-control-car-slammed-into-outdoor-diners/


http://www.wsvn.com/story/26706632/10-hospitalized-after-diners-struck-outside-miami-cafe

Total censorship at these two stations (WSVN & CBSMiami) post Toyota Camry sudden unintended acceleration article! Azar Hadi, a Lexus SUA victim, and Parris Boyd, "Beware of Toyota" blogger, were censored. ALL of my own comments were either removed or never allowed to be posted at all! 

What is the reason for the blatant censorship? Apparently, anonymous corporate-spin entities, whose only recourse is defamation of consumer advocate commenters, were permitted to post comments. 

Are Toyota $$ hard at work to prevent the flow of critical consumer information?

Sample of CENSORSHIP at CBS in Miami. Toyota Camry crashes into diners and injures 10 people. The discussion related to the horrific accident is about current Toyota sudden unintended acceleration. A SUA victim and a blogger about Toyota have also been censored. 

What's really going on there? Are Toyota $$ hard at work to keep the spotlight off this crash as it relates to Toyota's on-going sudden unintended acceleration.

Charlene McCarthy Blake • a day agoHold on, this is waiting to be approved by CBS Miami.

"Driver error" is a catch-all excuse used by automakers to divert attention away from serious safety defects, it seems. There is insufficient regulation of safety standards in the automobile industry, especially in the area of complex electronics. For instance, Toyota is in the lead in terms of cases of sudden unintended acceleration. I'm not referring to the SUA events involving jammed floor mats, sticky accelerator pedals, or pedal misapplication. I'm referring to the unintended acceleration and erratic ELECTRONIC throttle control system behavior that occurs when a glitch is present in the substandard software. In a recent Oklahoma court case lost by Toyota, Bookout vs. Toyota, embedded software expert Michael Barr's findings of ETCS-i glitches were presented. Also noted was that a SUA-inducing glitch could also render an ineffective fail-safe. Translation? Your runaway Toyota could prove to be unstoppable until something impacts it.

Toyota, GM, and Chrysler, among other automakers, have hidden safety-related information from the public for far too long. Drivers' and their passengers' lives are at stake. In the case of sudden unintended acceleration, pedestrians have been injured and killed as well. Crashes into storefronts, buildings, and homes, are daily occurrences now and there is an extremely well-orchestrated push to conclude "driver error." Other speculative conclusions are "medical condition" (diabetes, seizures, etc.), prescription medications, driving under the influence of something, etc. A recent far-fetched speculation was that the driver's shoe (a teen learning to drive with her father beside her) jammed the accelerator causing the vehicle to "take off!" Don't most teenagers wear flip-flops? Show us how a flip-flop causes this.

In the case of GM's ignition switch, "driver error" would be the easy way out. Does GM use this conclusion despite evidence to the contrary? Are driver's (if they survive) statements discounted or discredited as they are in the cases of Toyota sudden unintended acceleration? Usually, the automakers follow the same playbook. Be sure to read Parris Boyd's "BEWARE of Toyota...it's next victim may be YOU" blog and Jessie Powell's "Route 44 Sold me a LEMON" blog to see how it's done.

One thing is clear. GM and Toyota aren't going to tell you anything you don't find out on your own. It seems historically and literally, the automakers like to be "unaware" of the issues customers reveal to them. They'd much rather say their loyal customers are confused and/or causing the problems themselves. That way, their dear bottom line is not impacted negatively. And now, with all the media control via advertising and more, the automakers' secrets can remain hidden for a whole lot longer...decades+ as shown! Add NHTSA in their back pockets, good reputation management companies, on-line customer complaint suppression, and a gaggle of attorneys, and you have an untouchable entities, don't you? Maybe...as long as the grassroots vehicle owner groups don't wise up and organize, like GM Recall Survivors, to demand answers and expect more from lawmakers and the automakers.