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> July 30, 2010 - Breaking News Edition
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> Toyota Fast Facts is an update on Toyota and industry news.
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> 1. Ex-NHTSA Official: Politics, Anger Blocking Safety Report Favoring
> Toyota
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> The Wall Street Journal is reporting this afternoon that senior officials
> in the U.S. Department of Transportation are temporarily blocking release
> of findings that could favor Toyota in an unintended acceleration probe,
> according to a recently retired official with knowledge of the situation.
> The story is based on an interview with George Person, who retired from the
> National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) on July 3. Person was the
> head of NHTSA’s recall management division and was involved in the agency’s
> probe into the causes of accidents in which drivers said their Toyotas
> suddenly accelerated on their own. He told the newspaper that since March,
> NHTSA has examined 40 incidents, determined 23 vehicles had accelerated
> suddenly, and in all 23, the electronic data recorders showed the car’s
> throttle was wide open and the brake was not depressed at the time of
> impact, suggesting driver error. “It’s become very political,” he said.
> “There is a lot of anger towards Toyota,” adding that transportation
> officials “are hoping against hope that they find something that points
> back to a flaw in Toyota vehicles.”
>
> To read the full Wall Street Journal story, click on:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703999304575399523349443634.htm...
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> July 30, 2010 - Breaking News Edition
>
> Toyota Fast Facts is an update on Toyota and industry news.
>
> 1. Ex-NHTSA Official: Politics, Anger Blocking Safety Report Favoring
> Toyota
>
> The Wall Street Journal is reporting this afternoon that senior officials
> in the U.S. Department of Transportation are temporarily blocking release
> of findings that could favor Toyota in an unintended acceleration probe,
> according to a recently retired official with knowledge of the situation.
> The story is based on an interview with George Person, who retired from the
> National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) on July 3. Person was the
> head of NHTSA’s recall management division and was involved in the agency’s
> probe into the causes of accidents in which drivers said their Toyotas
> suddenly accelerated on their own. He told the newspaper that since March,
> NHTSA has examined 40 incidents, determined 23 vehicles had accelerated
> suddenly, and in all 23, the electronic data recorders showed the car’s
> throttle was wide open and the brake was not depressed at the time of
> impact, suggesting driver error. “It’s become very political,” he said.
> “There is a lot of anger towards Toyota,” adding that transportation
> officials “are hoping against hope that they find something that points
> back to a flaw in Toyota vehicles.”
>
> To read the full Wall Street Journal story, click on:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703999304575399523349443634.htm...
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