Personal Injury Law

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA have concluded after a 10-month study that the sudden acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles was not due to a software flaw. The agency said that some of the sudden-acceleration occurrences happened because of driver error and some by sticking pedals and floor mat entanglement. The agency also said that the spike in reported malfunctions was due to the “publicity that enveloped the federal investigations – which led to the recall of more than 8.5 million cars and congressional hearings.”