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Development and not reliable for accident reconstruction. >> i think it is. if it provides any kind of data to me about whats going on with the vehicle, it can be used as a reconstruction tool, without a doubt. >> reporter: lawyers for the hardy family thought so, too, but toyota requires individuals to get a court order, instead police and federal regulators stepped in, compelling toyota to download and decipher the data which only its own engineers are trained to do. the data the hardies were ...

Crash this person, this driver has gone from brakes off to brakes on. >> reporter: chrysler and gm and ford give people like dennis access to the information through a crash data reader anyone can buy. its for any car combatible with this system? >> thats correct. >> reporter: and toyota is not catable? >> thats correct. >> reporter: they say it is only for research and development and not reliable for accident reconstruction. >> i think it is. if it provides any kind of data to me about whats g...