Toyota and "black box" data

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Abe Singer <abe () oyvay nu>
> Date: March 5, 2010 2:23:23 PM EST
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Toyota and "black box" data

> Dr. Farber,
>
> The article below may be of interest to IP.  The most mind-boggling
> part is that Toyota has only *one* computer in the US capable of
> reading EDRs, so for any investigation they have to send a person
> out with that laptop to recover the data.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100304/ap_on_hi_te/us_toyota_black_boxes
>
> "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.
>
> By contrast, most other automakers routinely allow much more open  
> access
> to information from their event data recorders, commonly known as  
> EDRs."
>
> [snip]



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