[btilly]

First, my main point remains. Most cases of unintended acceleration are human error, regardless of whether any specific case is. I am sorry that you experienced the contrary. But it doesn't change the overall figures.

Second, Toyota dragged its feet on the full variety of problems that they had. But the one that they first acknowledged was the floor mat. As https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/toyota-pay-12b-hiding-deadly-... says, At the time of the first ABC News report, Toyota attempted to assure its drivers that the incidents of sudden acceleration without warning were solely caused by floor mats becoming stuck on the gas pedals or driver error.