Mar 04 2010

AP IMPACT: Toyota secretive on ‘black box’ data (AP)

AP IMPACT: Toyota secretive on ‘black box’ data
(AP)

In this Jan. 12, 2010 family photo released by Roberts & Roberts law firm, an event data recorder taken from the 2008 Toyota Avalon in a deadly 2009 crash, commonly known as EDR, is shown at a wrecker service in Euless, Texas. In the Southlake, Texas crash, four people died when their 2008 Avalon ripped through a fence, hit a tree and flipped into an icy pond. Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline 'black boxes' that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts. The AP investigation found that Toyota has been inconsistent — and sometimes even contradictory — in revealing exactly what the devices record and don't record, including critical data about whether the brake or accelerator pedals were depressed at the time of a crash. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Roberts & Roberts Law Firm) NO SALESAP – Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline “black boxes” that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.

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