"Arif Khokar" > wrote in message
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> Mike T. wrote:
>
>> I don't know about that. Seems to me that Toyota is doing everything
>> right. OK, so they goofed in the design phase (forgot the LATCH). But
>> they fessed up, and were trying hard to work with the NHTSA to make it
>> right. In contrast, they could have just tried to push it under the rug,
>> but then the NHTSA would have found out eventually. Imagine all Toyota
>> trucks being crushed because they have no LATCH on them.
>
> Toyota has done stuff like this before. A year ago, they tried to file a
> petition for inconsequential noncompliance because the DRLs were mounted
> too high on one of their SUV models. Fortunately, the NHTSA rejected
> their petition, so they ended up disabling the DRLs.

Ummmm, you think that's a GOOD thing, I take it? Damn, the way I read it,
that's yet another example of how the NHTSA is spending our money to degrade
safety. If DRLs are so good, why do we want them disabled? -Dave