Toyota Under The Bus

It was Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the congressional hearing with the warning.

Owners of vehicles that Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled for accelerator-pedal defects should “stop driving” them and bring them to a Toyota dealer for repair, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

“We need to fix the problem so people don’t have to worry about disengaging the engine or slamming the brakes on or put it in neutral,” LaHood said today at a House Appropriations panel hearing in response to questions from a lawmaker. “If anybody owns of these vehicles, stop driving it and take it to a Toyota dealer.” 

That's...not good.   There are a couple million of these cars out there, and this is going to be a logistical nightmare to get these cars repaired no matter how you look at it.

On the other hand, during the last administration, this would have been ignored completely.  Damn that big government interference, right?

[UPDATE 1:27 PM] And Now LaHood is completely, well, backpedaling on his statement.