Shan kane runs a consulting firm in massachusetts called safety research and strategies. He's worked closely with many of the lawsuits against toota. And he's not buying the flormat theory. Kane thinks that something else must have ha in that car.
In the summer and fall of 2009, hundreds of Toyota owners came forward with an alarming allegation: Their cars were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating. Toyota was forced to recall 10 million vehicles, pay a fine of more than $1 billion, and settle countless lawsuits. The consensus was that there was something badly wrong with the world’s most popular cars. Except that there wasn’t. What happens when hysteria overtakes common sense?