Opinion: Five Questions For Ray LaHood

It took ten months. It was about the best minds in the nation. They performed extensive tests. And God knows what it all cost. But when it was over, the results were entirely predictable. could not find the U.S. Department of Transportation's nothing wrong with Toyota vehicles, they leave suddenly would accelerate out of control.
The results were predictable, because the country went through the same old, almost a quarter century. Only then we went to Audi. And in both cases, each car company has to have some kind of mysterious gremlin cause to accelerate his car would suddenly charged out of control.
But there is a significant difference between the two studies. At that time, Department of Transportation pushed it to driving errors. Officially, they called it "pedal misapplication." But this time, the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood would not do that. He said it was caused by mechanical problems, ie, sticky pedals and floor mats piled up.
Too bad that the secretary does not have the courage to call it what it is. By identifying the cause of the problem, more people are going to lose their lives.

Report: Toyota pushing to dismiss sudden acceleration class action over NASA findings

Toyota has called down a lawsuit, the unintended acceleration as the cause of several accidents and a higher than normal reduction in resale value. Due to the recent findings of NASA, Toyota has now rejected more ammunition for their legal efforts to these allegations.

The automaker already tried this case have already been released in November 2010. At the time, presented the Judge James Selna the suit went to the detection of Toyota was dismissed. But this time, Toyota has conducted the research jointly by the space experts from NASA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that there is no electronic blame for the phenomenon of unintended acceleration debt armed.

Report: Toyota image gets big boost after NASA findings revealed

It does not take much to change the opinion of the masses, obviously. Automotive News reports that it lasted only for two days for Toyota to a rebound of his call to NASA engineers cleared to see the company of any error in its electronic vehicle software. As you may recall, who have so-called Department of Transportation in some of the best minds of the country's space program, a look at the issues surrounding the series of unintended acceleration liability claims against Toyota vehicles. The engineers could not find anything that would indicate an electronic problem as the culprit.

What did they find? As it turns out, NASA investigation, said at the same offender, as both Toyota and the Department of Transportation. Instances of unintended acceleration have been caused by sticky pedals, floor mats interference or good old-fashioned pedal misapplication is.

Automotive News reports that, according to YouGov / brand index, a company that saw the customer perception of the most popular brands contain, Toyota a significant boost to its reputation in the days following the announcement.

Toyota, meanwhile, says that the company does not view the results as a victory. Instead, the news just validation of what the car companies believed to be true all the time.