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U.S. transport secretary reverses comments on Toyota
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is back-peddling from comments he made earlier Wednesday that owners of recalled Toyotas should not be driving their cars until they're fixed.
LaHood now says he misspoke and meant only that people should take them to dealerships to get them repaired.
LaHood told reporters it was "obviously a misstatement" when he said, "Stop driving it. Take it to a Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it."
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Ignoring for now the legal implications, I cannot think of many situations where if you are driving safely in the first place that a sticky gas pedal is much more that a scary moment. If you cannot put the vehicle out of gear, switch off the engine and brake within a safe stopping distance then perhaps you are driving too fast, driving too closely, not paying attention or simply should not be in control of a vehicle in the first place. I also find it hard to imagine that for those few pedals that do stick out of the thousands of vehicles out there do not give some minor warning problems before they get to that point. Yes they need to be fixed, but what a lot of hype about nothing.
Sadly I suspect this, more than anything else, is about planting the seed in the mind of a compliant public that they should purchase autos from US car companies. It all seems more than a bit overplayed. I've seen no less than 3 stories explaining why the Toyota brand is irrevocably harmed by this issue in ways that will forever reshape the market share of the auto industry (spoken about in that kind of dire language).
I'm far too cynical to watch the news these days ;).
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