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Ed Pawlowski[_2_]

"hr(bob) " wrote

The data came from the car's on-board event data recorder and computer
and
was downloaded during an inspection Wednesday joined by Toyota and the
National Highway Safety Traffic Administration, which also concluded the
car
was not at fault. The event data recorder, or "black box," is designed to
record the state of the car at the moment of an impact.

The company also issued a statement saying it would continue to
investigate
"reported incidents of unintended acceleration."

The captain displayed a page from the computer readout that showed an
accelerator sensor measuring 99.9 percent while a brake sensor showed
zero.
One critical finding, he said, was that although the throttle was fully
open
at the time of impact, the gas pedal returned to its normal position
after
the crash, indicating it did not stick.
Associated Press writer Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this
report.

The problem is that the Toyota black box is proprietary and so how do
we know that what they are reporting to the police is the truth. They
could say anything, how would the police know if it was the truth or
not??

Maybe they have the boxes already rigged too. Maybe they add a box if none
existed already. Maybe the NHSTA that was present is part of the cover up
too. Maybe the police chief did not like the lady driving.