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Blame Game
Podcast

Blame Game

Revisionist History podcast


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Editorial Rating

10

Qualities

  • Controversial
  • Eye Opening
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Imagine you are driving down a highway and approaching a slower-moving vehicle. You step on the brake, but the car keeps accelerating. The described scenario makes for perfect nightmare material. When it happened in real life, Toyota – the manufacturer of the vehicle involved – endured public vilification for putting driver safety at risk. But did it happen? Is it technically possible for cars to accelerate on their own while the driver is hitting the brake? Malcolm Gladwell seeks answers to the Toyota acceleration mystery in a Revisionist History podcast episode that will intrigue even those who don’t consider themselves car people.

Take-Aways

  • Toyota was forced to recall millions of cars in 2009 and 2010 due to a series of unexplainable incidents of gas pedals getting stuck.
  • Official explanations for the mysterious acceleration of Toyota vehicles don’t hold up to closer scrutiny.
  • Runaway car situations are caused by human, not technical, error.

About the Podcast

In each episode of Revisionist History, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell offers new views about an event, a person or an idea from the past.


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