NHTSA has a long history of disgorging its top people directly into the auto industry or the industry's lobbyists, law firms, PR firms, or other helping hand companies. Here is a list of revolvers that appears in Sudden Acceleration: The Myth of Driver Error. Erika Jones appears on this list. She was one of the NHTSA attorneys who went to work for Toyota, and she advised the automaker during the recalls crisis. Her name appears as a recipient of many of Toyota's internal documents. More later about Erika.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
NHTSA's revolving door with auto industry-- a key factor in "see no evil" policy - example: Erika Jones went to Toyota
NHTSA has a long history of disgorging its top people directly into the auto industry or the industry's lobbyists, law firms, PR firms, or other helping hand companies. Here is a list of revolvers that appears in Sudden Acceleration: The Myth of Driver Error. Erika Jones appears on this list. She was one of the NHTSA attorneys who went to work for Toyota, and she advised the automaker during the recalls crisis. Her name appears as a recipient of many of Toyota's internal documents. More later about Erika.