<VV> Expert witness info - Corvair included

[Frank DuVal]

I have a different view, as I skipped to many pages deep before reading 
anything. I can not say I would agree with any other ramblings he wrote, 
as I only read this one so far.

I found his report on the Audi 5000. I agree with everything he says on 
this particular subject.

I'll skip to the chase:

All the unintended acceleration reports of the Audi 5000 were just 
people stepping on the wrong pedal.

The only fault on Audi's part was a slightly offset pedal placement from 
what was "normal" back then.

Now for the good part, I have personal experience of steeping on the 
wrong pedal, TWICE! Let me tell you it is hard to convince yourself your 
foot is on the wrong pedal, even when the "brake" pedal is on the floor 
and a solid object is getting bigger in your sight. Both time by the 
time I reacted and moved my foot to the correct brake pedal, I had 
stopped by the force of the unmoveable object. No, not a Corvair, but 
cars I wasn't used to driving, just moving around the shop. One was 
right hand drive. BTW, it was the clutch pedal I found with my right 
foot, not the accelerator pedal. One wasn't even running, just going 
down a slope. Enough for now, maybe the statue of limitations hasn't 
gone away yet.

Frank DuVal

On 4/14/2013 10:13 AM, Ken Klingaman wrote:
> I read his first case late last night, and contrary to other previous readings, I will not/can not reread this self promotional drivel.
>
> As much as we, as a society, want to blame someone for what happens, sometimes S**t happens. I can't comment on the accident recreation, I was not there nor did we see all of his data.
>
> Ken Klingaman
>
> For some reason, probably the outcome of a Google search, I ended up at the
> Blog of a crash scene investigator. He was a GM employee, worked on
> Corvair  lawsuit response, and left GM. He eventually ended up on the "other
> side",  so to speak. His name is Carl F. Thelin. A link to his musings is below.
> He does  talk about many "events", as he calls them, as well as discussing
> the court  rituals he has experienced, etc. I am not endorsing his
> suggestions, his  conclusions or even his observations, but I found it interesting
> reading.  Plenty of Corvair discussion is included. Some of it will, indeed
> piss you off.  But that is what discussion is for, isn't it? - Seth Emerson
>
> http://cxsi.blogspot.com/