Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tells Toyota owners to stop driving their cars! (Conflict of interest here?)

democrat-logoAs Rahm Deadfish Emanuel said. Never let a good crisis to go to waste. Ray Lahood and this thugish Chicago style administration is following Emanuel’s lead pouncing on the Toyota ‘crisis’. Earlier today Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said owners of a recalled model should “stop driving it. Take it to a Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it.” Knowing that at least some people see the conflict of interest here with the Government owning Chrystler and GM, LaHood walked back his statements a bit according to WCBS.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood now says he misspoke when telling owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving then.

Instead, LaHood says take them to dealerships to get them repaired.

LaHood told reporters it was “obviously a misstatement” when he told a House panel earlier Wednesday that he would advise owners not to drive recalled vehicles. The remark came during testimony to the Appropriations subcommittee on transportation.

“What I said in there, or what I thought I said was, ‘if you own one of these cars, or if you’re in doubt, take it to the dealer,’” LaHood said.

LaHood initially said an owner of a recalled model should “stop driving it. Take it to a Toyota dealer because they believe they have a fix for it.”

LaHood told reporters earlier in the day that Toyota owners should contact their dealer immediately and “exercise caution until repairs can be made.”

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February 3, 2010 · Filed Under General Politics


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