[tinwhiskers] Re: Lasky - now believes CALCE data - Tin Whiskers exist!!!
- From: Steve Smith <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Phil Shewmaker <Shew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:04:44 -0700
Ford made a similar decision with the question of redesigning the gas
tank location on their Pinto.
They established the probable value of a human life (as
likely-to-be-found in a wrongful-death case), and the number of lives
likely to be lost due to immolation-by-pinto-involved-accident, and
looked at the cost of redesign, and concluded it was cheaper to pay
the probable number of wrongful-death settlements than to redesign.
Toyota has surely looked at the probable number of human lives to be
lost in 140 such incidents, and looked at the
average-value-per-human-life as currently might be found in a
wrongful-death settlement, did a quiet redesign, and is hoping the
number of cars-at-risk declines with age, and they can get away
without an expensive recall.
It's nothing personal; it's just business.
Steve Smith
>>>> The risk is 140 per 1 million — not high, but with a million or so Toyotas
>>>> on the road, clearly this is cause for alarm.<<<
PS> Uh, I would think 140 in 1 million tin joints...not 1 million cars.
PS> Maybe the risk is higher than Lasky figures!
PS> On 9/13/2011 11:47 AM, Fritz, Dennis D. wrote:
PS> Here is link to latest column:
PS>
PS> http://circuitsassembly.com/blog/?p=2174
PS>
PS> ""Tin Bells Going Off"
PS> From: Fritz, Dennis D.
PS> Sent: Mon 2/28/2011 11:33 AM
PS> To: tinwhiskers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
PS> Subject: FW: Lasky
PS> I see that Circuits Assembly is re-publishing Dr. Ron Lasky's
PS> column poo-poohing tin whiskers. Several have already commented,
PS> and I just posted the link to NASA comments from the National
PS> Highway Transportation Safety Administration report that Bob Landman had
posted here.
PS>
PS> I suggest adding your comments to the Lasky blog below and fill
PS> his mailbox. Oh, if you know Mike Buetow at Circuits Assembly,
PS> you may want to copy him - just so the boss knows what is afoot.
PS>
PS> Denny Fritz
PS> From: Dennis Fritz [mailto:ddfritz@xxxxxxx]
PS> Sent: Fri 2/25/2011 2:02 PM
PS> To: Fritz, Dennis D.
PS> Subject: Lasky
PS> http://circuitsassembly.com/blog/?p=1652
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