the driver, a yamaha president at the time.is passenger, the vice president in charge of rhino development who sustained a foot injury. today there were no safety standards for these so-called side-by-side vehicles. right now, the industry is drafting a set of voluntary ones.& tenenbaum says that may not be enough. >> with the number of deaths that have already occurred, we are even thinking should we go into mandatory standards. >> reporter: yamaha wouldn't provide someone to speak with us on camera, so we went to their headquarters in southern california. i'm armen keteyian from cbs news... >> take your cameras out of here. it's a private property. we ask that you take the cameras out of here. >> reporter: but despite repeated requests, company lawyers ultimately decided not to let anyone speak to us on camera. yamaha did provide several off-camera interviews and answers to written questions and in statements to cbs news said: certainly not for this customer. >> a lot of people and a lot of kids before me have died and, like,

. >> reporter: yamaha disputes that citing a police report saying justin was driving 20 miles an hour down a hill and hit a rock. >> remember, driving aggressively can cause side rollovers. >> reporter: the rhino has been a runaway hit in the off road market since its introduction in 2003. more than 150,000 sold to date. turns out, no one tracks exactly how many people have been injured while riding in these recreational vehicles. but cbs news has learned of at least 440 rhino-related death and injury lawsuits across the u.s. >> they're riding go carts for

>> not at all. >> reporter: yamaha disputes that.oad market since its introduction in 2003. more than 150,000 sold to date. but cbs news has learned of at least 440 rhino-related death and injury lawsuits across the u.s. >> the public needs to be aware that already 59 people have been killed in these vehicles. it's very high risk. this vehicle has a high center of gravity and it will turn over. >> reporter: yamaha motor fiercely defends the rhino, arguing virtually all accidents are caused by operator error, ignoring safety warnings, driving too fast on pavement or failing to wear seat belts or helmets. yamaha wouldn't provide someone to speak with us on camera so we went to their headquarters in southern california. >> we ask that you take the cameras out of here. >> reporter: despite repeated requests, company lawyers decided not to let anyone speak to us on camera. yamaha provided several off-camera interviews and in statements to cbs news said, the rhino is a safe, reliable and versatile vehicle and has won virtually every first

now, you play with yamaha drums and zildjians, is that right, quest? >> jimmy: there you go. okay, he wouldn't lie. okay. let's bring out our first contestant, everybody. come on over. hey, buddy. how are you? [ cheers and applause ] nice to see you. what's your name? >> ryan. >> jimmy: ryan, where are you from? >> i'm from new jersey. >> jimmy: all right, very good. sorry about that joke earlier. you know i like jersey. [ laughter ] >> it's all right. >> jimmy: all right, have you ever played the drums before? >> rock band. >> jimmy: okay, that totally counts. yes, yes. do you think you can drum like a rock star? >> yeah. >> jimmy: all right, this is your time to shine right here, dude. you're on national television. make new jersey proud. here we go. roots, take it away. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nice. very, very nice. thank you. take a look down here, look at his shoes, there. thanks for dressing up tonight. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate -- do you literally come from your living room? [ laughter ] >> i like to be casual. >> jimmy:

yamaha motor tumbled 9.9% after reporting that it expects losses to expand significantly this fiscal year. after the bell, toyota announced its business result. it suffered ads 7 billion group loss for the fourth quarter. but four the fourth quarter of 2010, the automaker now expects aed 40 billion loss. finally, the nikkei has learned that elpida memory will take on the graphic d-ram business of bankrupt german d-ram company kimunda later this month. the plan is to hire the engineers and fab cat the graphic dram. elpida once pulled out of this field late the late 1990 it is. back to you, christine. >> condo-san, thank you very much for that. still to come, the donald is back. before ta, take a look at u.s. futures want right now, we're setting up for a bit of a preether. snoor >>> welcome back to cnbc's "worldwide exchange." here are some of the stories that we've been watching from around the globe. treasury secretary tim geithner reportedly losing his cool at a meeting of top u.s. regulators last friday over their faltering support of president obama's financial reform plans. geit

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