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Doesn't have any mechanical issues so we haven't ruled anything out at this point and we don't know if it's driver error or if the driver fell asleep or what the situation is. >> what are the family members saying right now? >> it's a tragedy due to the loss of the driver of the vehicle and the mother of the child, but they're grateful that this infant was able to survive throughout the night. they're very grateful for the very courageous and heroic actions taken by the police officers and firefighters that risked their lives by jumping into the river and locating the child and removing that c...

His 2007 pontiac g5 locked into a turn on this slight curve, hit this very tree, and ben died. >> even if i would have yanked there, i don't think that quickly i would have hit that tree. >> reporter: ben here had been drinking the night before but stayed overnight with friends before driving home about noon on a sunday. he was traveling just five miles over the speed limit on a wet road when it happened. police blamed driver error. >> this is him. he was a pharmacy technician. >> reporter: here was a smart student, star swimmer. and a soon to be pharmacist. he was also brenda and gordon's onl...

He was traveling just 5 miles over the speed limit on a wet road when it happened. police blame driver error. >> this is him. he was a pharmacy technician. >> reporter: he was a smart student, a star swimmer, and a soon-to-be pharmacist. he was also brenda and gordon's only child. >> it's still hard to believe how it happened. >> reporter: and there's been no official believable explanation? >> that's true. >> we just thought it was a horrible accident until i received the letter from gm in september of 2010 stating that there was a recall and to bring his car in. >> reporter: brenda recoverin...

That situation. it points to the fact this is, you know, whether we're talking about a few dozen or a few hundred deaths, we have about 30,000 auto fatalities a year. the overarching cause is driver error. a big part of that decline over the last several decades is regulation and engineering as you describe. it's also changes in norms where people, there's a stronger norm in favor of wearing seat belts than there used to be. there's a stronger norm against drunk driving. people feel that's an immoral activity. so there can be further changes in that area, too. we need stronger regulation to en...

Simply a public relations problem. >> reporter: the justice department says toyota first blamed driver error and then admitted floor mats could trap the gas pedal in some models. but in january 2010 abc's brian ross aired the story of a runaway toyota in new jersey that could not be blamed on either the driver or the floor mats. >> it just took off. it just took off, it seemed like the more i hit the brakes the harder it wanted to accelerate. >> reporter: it turned out some toyotas also had sticking gas pedals. the record-breaking toyota settlement could provide a road map into a simple invest...