jcracken
jcracken t1_is8ctre wrote
Reply to comment by RockItGuyDC in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713
There were some stories floating around (anecdotal, so take with a grain of salt) of how the dealerships didn't want to actually do the work to replace the airbags because the payout from OEMs was break-even. So instead a lot of them took in the vehicle, and then let it sit for a few hours before returning it "fixed". If called on it, they could plead ignorance and actually do the procedure then, but almost nobody could actually call them on it because how do you even check?
jcracken t1_jadt93a wrote
Reply to comment by TheFiniteThrowAway in TIL the legendary story about a janitor who came up with Flamin' Hot Cheetos was a lie. by Station_Emotional
The food researcher who actually created it is known, they interviewed her for the LA Times story. It broke wide because they were going to make a movie based on the false version of the story.