US congress!!!??????????????????
That would be these idiots, yes??
Posted on 01/29/2010 5:41:20 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
January 29, 2010
US Congress to investigate Toyota after 19 deaths
The US House of Representatives has announced an investigation into Toyota’s faulty accelerator pedals and other problems that may have caused 19 deaths over the past decade and triggered a global recall of nearly eight million vehicles.
A month from now Toyota will face a cross-examination from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce over whether it responded soon enough to reports that accelerator pedals could become stuck.
The committee has sent letters to Toyota’s American subsidiary requesting documents and e-mails related to the matter.
Information has also been requested from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which alleges that “sudden acceleration” problems in Toyota cars have led to 19 fatalities.
More than one million British motorists who drive Toyota cars are still waiting to be told whether their vehicles are potentially dangerous after Japanese company announced yesterday that the recall would spread to Europe.
There are fears that cars may continue to accelerate after drivers have taken their foot off the pedal.
It is understood that about two million of the cars that could be recalled would be in Europe, where company sources have admitted there have been 26 reported instances of the defect.
(Excerpt) Read more at business.timesonline.co.uk ...
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US Congress to shakedown Toyota foro campaign contributions
that’s better, eh?
Or better yet, Send them home permanently this November.
It would be hard for a company like Chrysler to have 8 million recalls since they haven't sold that many cars for a while.
Toyota’s about to get hit by lawsuits galore.
Congress should recuse itself from anything to do with car companies until it divests itself of Government Motors and Gettlefinger Motors.
Government Motors goes after the competition.
One of the government perks owning a car company is you can always “investigate” the competitors.
So who didn’t know to watch the floor mat, it might get caught under the accelerator.
US congress!!!??????????????????
That would be these idiots, yes??
+100
“One of the government perks owning a car company is you can always “investigate” the competitors.”
Welcome to Venezuela.
Since the united States owns their own car company, isnt it a conflict of interest to investigate some else’s
I’d be interested to know what or if the “on the Q-T” any impetus behind this might be at the behest or in deference to the UAW.....since they’d surely appreciate a larger marke share here in the US.....
http://www.google.com/search?q=uaw+toyota&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
I smell a RATS here. Sounds like Obomba, just eliminate the competition.
Well, Toyota dug themselves a hole, no doubt. But my instincts are the same as yours on this...
I am sure Congress has the engineering expertise to do a better job getting to the root cause of the problem than the Toyota engineers.
Can you translate that into English, please? Are you an employee of an automaker?
Well, sure. It's right there in the Constitution, after the "Congeress shall oversee Major League Baseball to ensure that no steroids are used" part.
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