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In reply to the discussion: Michael Hastings and conspiracy theories: Richard Clarke throws fuel on the fire [View all]womanofthehills
(8,924 posts)"Although the root cause for Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA) remains unknown, including incidents involving recalled Toyotas, some engineers believe electromagnetic interference from cell phones, satellite radio and even microwaves may be contributing to the problem. Electromagnetic interference may disrupt the electronic signals to the throttle system, which controls the acceleration. The basic problem is that electronic malfunctions do not necessarily leave a trail of evidence. It is a classic case of dead men tell no tales. There is no imprint due to electronic failure. As an example of electronic interference, a voltage spike can generate electromagnetic flux and interfere with the signal sent to the accelerator pedal. In one incident, a cell phone signal has caused a German-made bus to shift into gear. Several sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) lawsuits filed against Toyota claim some type of EMI link. However, if the US Congressional hearings probe deeply enough, they may discover that the global car industry has known for a long time that one of the plausible causes of SUA is internal electro-magnetic interference (EMI)."
http://www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/frameset.php?pageid=http%3A//www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/press/260210.php
Seems like the car manufacturers have done quite a bit of research on this.
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