Report Indicates That NHTSA Lacks The Expertise To Diagnose Software Flaws

Government safety regulators and NASA researchers were right to dismiss electronics problems as a likely cause for unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.

But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should have had the expertise to reach that conclusion without needing outside help. The fact that NHTSA didn't feel competent to investigate Toyota (TM) electronics on its own points to a troubling weakness at the agency, the NAS report says.



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Agent009 - 1/18/2012 2:00:37 PM

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I think they did the correct thing in calling in NASA. However rather than expand the NHTSA they need to rely on cooperation with other agencies for now.

atc98092 - 1/18/2012 4:36:53 PM

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Exactly where did this come from? Nothing in the above comments makes such a reference.