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Originally Posted by bigearl
Here's the problem with what you have here. Autoblog is just quoting just-autos. Just-auto's source is unnamed.
Now I'm going to ask you all a favor before you go on this path. Just simply read:
http://www.trb.org/main/uastudy.aspx
Particularly the powerpoint by Daniel C Smith. All of the meeting info is public record and has been out for weeks. This is not an "article". It is the guy in charge of enforcement of the NHTSA saying:
1) The investigation is not complete, the official report won't be ready until next summer.
2) To date, NHTSA has not found anything with the electronics.
To say that the NHTSA hasn't released any information is clearly not true. And the WSJ basically stated precisely what was presented in this meeting.
As any history major will tell you, go to the original source whenever possible. |
The information problem isn't about the already concluded investigations, it is about the current ones. The slideshow was simply a plea for help. The TRB is being asked to help NHTSA further their investigations of the causes and remedies of UA. The reason why they are being asked to help NHTSA is that apparently Congress is doubting "NHTSA's expertise in electronics and its resources to address possible electronic issues." (1) This leads to the possibility that NHTSA's concluded investigations were "not up to par."
The Wall Street Journal accused the accidents are occurring because of Driver Error, based on the analyzation of data recorders. The information from the data recorders HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED, where the WSJ article even says it hasn't. (2)
(1) - Slide 13 of Smith's powerpoint.
(2) -
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...stryCollection ; Paragraph 5.