WEST VIRGINIA MINING DISASTER Tragedy Follows Inaction on Known Risks
Last week we also learned Toyota illegally withheld information about unintended sudden acceleration dangers from federal investigators. Toyota warned European distributors about sudden acceleration due to sticking pedals long before it told U.S. regulators. The U.S. auto safety agency, NHTSA, fined Toyota a record $16.4 million.
We don’t yet know the extent of this cover-up. Transportation Secretary LaHood said he wouldn’t be surprised if review of Toyota documents uncovered other safety lapses. “This is the first thing that we have found,” he said. “It may not be the last thing.” Indeed, New York Congressman Towns reported earlier this year on Toyota documents that seem to suggest a cover-up of acceleration problems and solutions as far back as 2005. Just as with the mining disaster, if safety dangers and their solutions have been covered up or ignored resulting in death or injury to members of thousands of American families, we need to know it, and someone needs to be held accountable.
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