[mrkajz44]

I thought the department of transportation determined there were two causes for the Toyota issues:

1) After market floor mats (so Toyota changed their pedals to be shorter and avoid getting stuck as often)
2) People were hitting the gas when they thought they were hitting the brake. When the car suddenly takes off, they jammed the gas even more (thinking it was the brake). Family / friends cannot cope with the fact that it was the driver that caused the accident, so they blame someone else.

So both causes were all driver error, yet it's still widely held that it was Toyota's issue with the acceleration system.

Back on the topic of the VWs, I'm not sure this will cause a huge long term impact. I didn't actually hear about it until I saw it on CP, so I'm wondering how widespread this is? No one I've talked to in the past few days have even mentioned it. Maybe this flies under the radar a bit and the stock price bounces back when people are looking to buy low?