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.
GM knew of a deadly defect.
Not a defect, according to what I read. And also not deadly - on its own. Rather, a device that was designed to allow a certain amount of torque to move the key from position to position, under certain circumstances, could allow the driver to unintentionally turn it. And it apparently resulted in roughly a .000001% death rate among drivers.
No car is 100% safe. It would cost too much. But if the death rate for this “defect” is as low as it appears to be, and the argument can be (and has been) made that other criteria would be needed to make it “deadly”. i.e. the key turning to ACC on its own is not enough to make it deadly, since it happened to many who did not die or even lose control of their car.
Do you think cars that don’t have five point restraint systems have “deadly” seat belts? I can pretty much guarantee that fewer lives would be lost if all cars had them.
And everyone wore helmets while they drive...
I consider this a more than acceptable risk, and the stats bear it out.