[bigearl]

The Left Lane News article is not true and was poorly researched:

'"US finds no fault in Toyota throttles"

"However, Daniel Smith, an associate administrator at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said on June 30 that “despite several investigations of Toyota’s electronic throttle control system, NHTSA has not been able to find a defect”."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55e42f88-8...tml?ftcamp=rss


Here <<<is the powerpoint for the presentation, and this is the meeting outline: http://www.trb.org/main/uastudy.aspx

Daniel Smith's title is:

Mr. Daniel C. Smith
Associate Administrator for Enforcement
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Recall Management Division (NVS-215)
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE – Room W45-306
Washington, DC 20590 '



They have not reached a final conclusion and that final conclusion isn't until next summer. However the WSJ article is completely accurate. He's not a plant and the agenda of the meeting and talking points are public record.