to address nasa's findings we have mike kirsch, principal engineer at nasa's engine and safety center who led this first of its kind study, to address the thousands of cmplaints that nhtsa received and the methodology with which nhtsa carried out the research we have ronald medford, the agency's deputy administrator. to explain nhtsa and the departments next step we have david strickland, nhtsa's administrator. and, finally, we will be happy to take questions after their presentations. let me close b saying this. i am deeply, personally grateful to the dedicated safety professionals at nasa and nhtsa who conducted the study with extraordinary rigor, immense skill, and unwavering attention, d absolute integrity. it was an enormous task, but they have set the standard for thoroughness, and we are appreciative. so with that, mike, please present nasa's information. >> thank you, mr. secretary, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss our work is such a broad audience today. as the secretary said i'm a principal engineer in the nasa engineering and safety center. i work out of langley

to address nasa's findings we have mike kirsch, principal engineer at nasa's engine and safety center who led this first of its kind study, to address the thousands of complaints that nhtsa received and the methodology with which nhtsa carried out the rearch we have ronald medford, the agency's deputy administrator. to explain nhtsa and the departments next step we have david strickland, nhtsa's administrator. and, finally, we will be happy to take questions after their presentations. let me close by saying this. i am deeply, personally gratel to the dedicated safety professionals at nasa and nhtsa who conducted the study with extraordinary rigor, immense skill, and unwavering attention, and absolute integrity. it was an enormous task, but they have set the standard for thoroughness, and we are appreciative. so with that, mike, please present nasa's information. >> thank you, mr. secretary, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss our work is such a broad audience today. as the secretary said i'm a principal engineer in the nasa engineering and safety center. i work out of langley

to address nasa's findings we have mike kirsch, principal engineer at nasa's engine and safety center who led this first of its kind study, to address the thousands of complaints that nhtsa received and the methodology with which nhtsa carried out the research we have ronald medford, the agency's deputy administrator. to explain nhtsa and the departments next step we have david strickland, nhtsa's administrator. and, finally, we will be happy to take questions after their presentations. let me close by saying this. i am deeply, personally grateful to the dedicated safety professionals at nasa and nhtsa who conducted the study with extraordinary rigor, immense skill, and unwavering attention, and absolute integrity. it was an enormous task, but they have set the standard for thoroughness, and we are appreciative. so with that, mike, please present nasa's information. >> thank you, mr. secretary, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss our work is such a broad audience today. as the secretary said i'm a principal engineer in the nasa engineering and safety center. i work out of lan

nasa has delivered outstanding work and like the secretary, i want to personally thank mike kirsch and his team for their dedication and passion for this project. in addition, i'd like to thank dan smith, our senior associate administrator for vehicle safety and our tranfourteen for his leadership and their tireless efforts. the nasa findings, observations and recommendations, coupled with nhtsa's own work, point to several actions that we at the national highway traffic safety administration can take now, to lessen the risk of unintended acceleration in the entire automotive fleet. it also suggests longer-term areas where we can strengthen the agency's ability to address the safety of electronic control systems. short term we will consider initiating at least three rule makings. first, to require break overwrite systems. second, to standardize the operation of key ignition systems. and third, to require the installation of event data recorders in all passenger vehicles. first, break overwrite systems help prevent or lessen unintended acceleration incidents by assigning priority to the

to address nasa's findings we have mike kirsch, principal engineer at nasa's engine and safety center who led this first of its kind study, to address the thousands of complaints that nhtsa received and the methodology with which nhtsa carried out the research we have ronald medford, the agency's deputy administrator. to explain nhtsa and the departments next step we have david strickland, nhtsa's administrator. and, finally, we will be happy to take questions after their presentations. let me close by saying this. i am deeply, personally grateful to the dedicated safety professionals at nasa and nhtsa who conducted the study with extraordinary rigor, immense skill, and unwavering attention, and absolute integrity. it was an enormous task, but they have set the standard for thoroughness, and we are appreciative. so with that, mike, please present nasa's information. >> thank you, mr. secretary, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss our work is such a broad audience today. as the secretary said i'm a principal engineer in the nasa engineering and safety center. i work out of lan

to address nasa's findings we have mike kirsch, principal engineer at nasa's engine and safety center who led this first of its kind study, to address the thousands of complaints that nhtsa received and the methodology with which nhtsa carried out the research we have ronald medford, the agency's deputy administrator. to explain nhtsa and the departments next step we have david strickland, nhtsa's administrator. and, finally, we will be happy to take questions after their presentations. let me close by saying this. i am deeply, personally grateful to the dedicated safety professionals at nasa and nhtsa who conducted the study with extraordinary rigor, immense skill, and unwavering attention, and absolute integrity. it was an enormous task, but they have set the standard for thoroughness, and we are appreciative. so with that, mike, please present nasa's information. >> thank you, mr. secretary, and thank you for the opportunity to discuss our work is such a broad audience today. as the secretary said i'm a principal engineer in the nasa engineering and safety center. i work out of lan