米運輸省　トヨタの電子制御システム、問題見つからず

토요타의 전자 제어 시스템, 문제 발견되지 않고=미 운수성
8월 11일 10시 1 분배신로이터

　［워싱턴　10일 로이터］　미 운수성은 10일, 토요타 자동차＜7203.T＞의 리콜을 둘러싼 문제로, 데이터 레코더를 조사한 결과, 전자 제어 시스템에 문제는 발견되지 않았던 것을 분명히 했다.

　라후드 운수 장관과 동성 간부가 의회에 대해서 조사 결과를 보고했다.그것에 따르면, 토요타차의 급가속에 대해서, 58대의 데이터 레코더를 조사했지만, 액셀 페달이 돌아오기 어려워지는 문제나 액셀 페달이 플로어 매트에 걸리는 문제 이외에 새로운 원인은 특정할 수 없었다고 하고 있다.　

　요네미치로교통 안전국(NHTSA)에 의한 데이터 레코더의 분석은, 전자 제어 시스템의 문제가 급가속의 보고나 사고의 원인이 되었는지를 둘러싼 당국이나 전문가에 의한 조사의 일환.

　의도하지 않는 급가속이 원인으로 사고를 냈다고 여겨지는 차량의 데이터 레코더를 NHTSA가 분석한 결과, 58건중 35건으로 브레이크를 밟지 않았던 것이 밝혀져, 운전 미스의 가능성이 나타났다.레코더에 아무것도 기록되어 있지 않았던 케이스는 5건 있었다.

　미 운수성의 올리비아·아레아 보도관은 「데이터 레코더의 분석은 토요타차의 의도하지 않는 급가속 문제의 원인 구명을 향한(정부의) 대처의 극히 일부다」라고 한 다음, 「조사 초기 단계의 현시점에서는, 엔지니어는 새로운 안전상의 결함을 특정하고 있지 않다」라고 말했다.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100811-00000239-reu-bus_all

토요타차, 결함 발견되지 않고=급가속 문제로 경과 보고-미 당국
8월 11일 7시 39 분배신시사 통신

　【뉴욕 시사】토요타차의 급가속 문제를 조사하고 있는 미 당국은 10일, 미 의회 관계자를 대상으로 간 경과 보고로, 결함의 증거는 현재 발견되지 않다고 설명했다.미국 신문 월·스트리트·저널(전자판)이 같은 날 알렸다.
　동지에 의하면, 미 당국은 지금까지 급가속 했다고 여겨지는 토요타차로부터 58의 사고 데이터 기록기(EDR)를 회수해 해석.이 중 35건은 충돌시점으로 운전자가 전혀 브레이크 페달을 밟지 않았었다.또, 14건에서는 브레이크 페달이 도중까지 발을 디뎌져 9건에서는 충돌 직전에 밟히고 있었다고 한다.　
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100811-00000023-jij-int

Aug 10, 2010
Government finds no electronic defects in runaway Toyotas "so far"
04:14

The government issued preliminary findings into reports of runaway Toyotas today and didn"t find any evidence that pointed to problems in the car"s computer systems.

That will come as a big relief to Toyota, which has insisted that its under-the-hood electronics are sound and are not to blame for cars that ran away on their drivers and crashed.

The government"s findings, still at their early stages, instead point to the problems that Toyota has already identified and issued recalls for -- sticky pedal mechanisms and floor mats that can jam underneath accelerators, the Associated Press says. The government emphasized the report is preliminary and says it is continuing to see if other defects are at work, including those in the electronics.

Toyota" "unintended acceleration" crisis began almost a year ago when a California Highway Patrol officer was killed along with three members of his family in a borrowed Lexus ES. A panicked phone call from a passenger in the car before the crash indicated that the gas pedal was stuck and the car wouldn"t stop.

Congressional hearings, recalls of more than 9 million cars and a federal investigation ensued as the crisis ballooned. AP says the government has 3,000 reports of sudden and unintended acceleration involving the deaths of 93 people.

AP says the findings came after review of black-box data:

Investigators with NASA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have reviewed event data recorders, or vehicle black boxes, on 58 vehicles in which sudden acceleration was reported. In 35 of the 58 cases reviewed, the black boxes showed no brakes were applied. In about half of those 35 cases, the accelerator pedal was depressed right before the crash, suggesting drivers of the speeding cars were stepping on the accelerator rather than hitting the brakes.
Fourteen cases showed partial braking.

One case showed pedal entrapment and another showed that both the brake and the pedal were depressed. Other cases were inconclusive.
The black boxes are devices that track a number of details about a vehicle around the time of an accident, including which pedals were applied and how fast the car was traveling.

Olivia Alair, a Transportation Department spokeswoman, said the review of the black boxes was "one small part" of the investigation, which is expected to be completed later in the fall.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in congressional testimony that Toyota was a "a little safety deaf." The recalls ended up covering issues that went well beyond the runaway car problem, such as steering issues.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/08/government-toyota-electronics-blameless-for-runaway-cars/1?loc=interstitialskip

Gov"t: Initial probe finds no new Toyota issues
By KEN THOMAS (AP)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3CZPJXvtZZ46SY9bcMupivluKswD9HGR9N82