Jailed man seeks new trial using ‘Toyota’ defence

[Barbie]

Gaol = British, Jail = American, you live in England therfore it's Gaol. We were taught this in school

The spelling 'Gaol' hasn't been taught for at least 20 years now in the UK

most are taught 'jail' and the rest say 'prison'

 

[Mousse]

His car was a Toyota built in 1996. That car was built 14 years ago. What are the chances that whatever is responsible for Toyotas problems was already present in a car built 14 years ago, and nobody else ever complained about it? Do you think any Toyota owner should now be able to drive as reckless as they want, and if anything happens they can blame it on malfunctioning brakes?

That would sure be nice. There's a guy I've been want to hit with my 1998 Rav4.

It's ridiculous to think that if a company is having some safety problems, it suddenly makes all the cars they ever made unsafe.

Here, here. If not, I've been driving my current deathtrap for the pass 12 years. And yet a previous one for 10.

 

[Surely]

I just heard on the radio (NPR) that Lee's been freed from jail.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...freed-from-prison-in-toyota-acceleration-case

Yay.

 

[obeygiant]

Saw this on our local news here. It said he could have gotten out earlier with a plea deal that would have let him out of prison and ten year probation having still committed a felony, but he chose to stay in because he knew he was innocent of the charges.

 

[QuantumLo0p]

A couple of factoids...
Documents revealed his Toyota was not covered by the current service bulletin regarding throttle surging and Lee did not press the brake pedal leading up to the accident.

IMO he appeared to be negligent but I don't think he should have been charged with such a serious crime. The accident did not appear to be intentional. However, he is certainly vulnerable to a civil suit. God I hope he had insurance to cover a lawsuit.