It’s as bad as the sticking accelerators on Toyotas. No automobile is perfect. And every flaw could lead to a misshap. If we were talking about hundreds of deaths I’d feel a lot differently about this.
And yes, if it was one of my loved ones, I’d feel really bad, but I would if my loved one was the very first one to die before anyone even knew there was a problem.
This is not a high risk defect. The low number of deaths proves it.
The biggest problem is they knew about it right off and did squat about it when they could have prevented deaths and much damage.
I view that as criminal.
Five nines is a big deal in business. The gold standard for reliability and safety is 99.999%. It is rarely achieved, however.
And when you divide the number of deaths by the number of cars sold you end up with better than 99.999% safe. When dealing with an item that is sold in huge quantities, it is critical to focus not on the number of customers adversly affected, but rather the percentage.
If you mean the behavior of the Government Motors, then yes, it is just as bad. The non existent sticking accelerator myth was used to attack a competitor of Government Motors, with the help of the MSM. Later investigations revealed that the accidents were all do to driver error, mistaking the gas pedal for the brake.
So let me get this straight, Cuban. This behavior is only unacceptable if more people died? What’s the minimum on the body count?
GM knew of a deadly defect. NHTSA also knew, but was in bed with the company. A clear conflict of interests. Both waited years to address and then only when the media jumped on.
Say what you want, but the NY Times and the USA Today have done a great job protecting Americans while “conservative” media outlets like O’Reilly and Hannity say nothing on Fox as they take millions of GM marketing dollars.