Toyota Profits Over Safety?
by Barbora Misakova
When a human life is lost, all the advantages are not important anymore. You can be the most powerful or the richest man on the world, it will never be forgotten if you are responsible for someone’s death. Maybe your money can save you but it will not last forever. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda didn’t run and now is facing justice. This 53-year-old chief executive is standing in front of House committee investigating deadly flaws connected with his company. As he said in his testimony: “We pursued growth over the speed at which we were able to develop our people and our organization. I regret that this has resulted in the safety issues described in the recalls we! face today, and I am deeply sorry for any accidents that Toyota drivers have experienced.” As it is not only about company’s responsibility but responsibility of his own, Toyoda planned to appear with a translator by his side. As lawmakers have also lot to lose they will continue to push Toyoda for answers on whether his company’s top-selling cars and trucks are safe to drive. But it is not only lawmakers who want to know the truth. Another person who is scheduled to testify is the mother of an off-duty California highway patrolmen killed with three family members in a runaway Lexus in August. Toyoda emphasizes in his three-page statement that he personally test-drives Toyotas and makes a personal appeal for credibility. “My name is on every car.” he says. If his words are true only another investigation will show.
related story (sgx16583): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recal...
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