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Be human error. the transportation department looked at this, mike, and we got this response. this person was not involved in any aspect of the investigation into the sudden acceleration. nhtsa is viewing the involvement in the alleged acceleration incident but the review is not complete. the gist of that from face value is we werent ready to release anything. were not hiding anything. >> well, of course, i think that that -- thats an even logical response from the department of transportation. ...

But its important for nhtsa to say we found results that say its human error. when theres recalls, a huge safety splash of evidence, everything comes out saying i had a problem and its up to the government or the agency or the attorneys to sort out who is legit and who isnt. if its a problem, say so. >> neil: if we had not rescued gm and chrysler, would we have been intent on making toyota to be cast in the most unfavorable of all lights? >> thats an interest question. initially i thought it did...

From nhtsa that showed in early testing, that people who said they were pressing the brake and they couldnt stop their toyota was hitting the wrong appealed. what happened last week, there was a flap where people said the information had come from toyota and it was a plant. a nhtsa, a former nhtsa administer to just retired posted a thing saying i retired. i know the information is correct and the got is forcing us to sit on the information. i interviewed him and he said the pressure on the depa...

The wrong pedal and the administration should figure out how to solve that problem and not chase ghosts in the machine. >> neil: allowing for the possibility it was human error and folks couldnt distinguish between the gas and brake pedal, there were a lot of folks doing that. they all cant be doing the same thing, can they? the numbers would seem behoove you. >> also, i want to point out toyota is not innocent. they have a unintended intel -- acceleration problem. they tried to avoid doing this...

Malfunctioning. the data nhtsa is gathering indicates in cases where it cant be explained by what toyota says is the problem, its likely driver error. >> neil: the bottom line, folks, youve been presented with one stream of data against toyota that paints toyota as the loan culprit. if thats not the case, that its not exclusively toyota and thats kept from folks, thats a big deal. the next guest says such a big deal, it could be a gross abuse of power to prop up a company that the government own...