Not that anyone who reads this blog would drive a Prius, because, you know, God forbid you couldn’t kill a seal and a duck somewhere with the choking glory of capitalism like a true American patriot might, but let’s say you did drive a Prius, you might be a little skittish right now.
Critical fact, though, Kenan Thompson is not the demographic involved in fatal accidents of rogue acceleration, according to Theodore H. Frank:
The Los Angeles Times recently did a story detailing all of the NHTSA reports of Toyota “sudden acceleration” fatalities, and, though the Times did not mention it, the ages of the drivers involved were striking.
In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger.
These “electronic defects” apparently discriminate against the elderly, just as the sudden acceleration of Audis and GM autos did before them. (If computers are going to discriminate against anyone, they should be picking on the young, who are more likely to take up arms against the rise of the machines and future Terminators).
That’s a sexy Terminator joke. Also, perhaps, instead of the rising up in the masses of betrayed Toyota buyers who want answers from the federal government and stricter corporate governance, we should take a stern look at the consumer here. Some people aren’t meant to drive Priuses…Priusi? Well, we’re all not meant to drive Priusi but some of us more than others.
