Deadly floor mats?!

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Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Hahaha. I remember reading about that a while back. Didn't they purposely put some kind of accelerant to make the tanks explode?

That Lexus probably had 4wheel disc brakes that could stop a nuclear powered freight train. Major fail on their part.

Dateline was doing a story that alleged GM truck gas tanks exploded in a crash. To back this up they conducted crash tests and aired videos with the truck gas tanks exploding. They decided they didn't need to tell anyone that the reason the gas tanks exploded was because they put remotely detonated explosives in the tank. The only reason it came out was GM watched the tapes in slow motion and pointed out the explosions were starting even before impacts began, a safety problem even GM would normally catch.