It may be worse than you think:
…does anyone believe that the Obama administration took as hard a look at GM as it did Toyota?
Because it was Government Motors, and a payoff to the president’s ally, the UAW, and a rip off of the taxpayer.
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Backup lamps. There are GM cars with keyless entry that illuminate the backup lamps when no one is in the car let alone the car being in reverse gear. Such is an equipment violation in the State of Wisconsin. But no one cares, and yes, I have asked.
It is more than an annoyance, it is a safety issue. Even if a person goes blasting by someone with the backup lamps lit in parking lots, the lamps are an indication that someone is about to back up, and even if that person yields to you as they should, they might not see you.
For the backup lamps to light when someone is not backing up is the proverbial Boy Who Cried Wolf. It diminishes the value of a warning to give a false warning. If you choose to yield to someone with lit backup lamps as a courtesy and a safety measure in a croweded mall parking lot, you are sitting there like a fool waiting for someone to come traipsing across the lot an into their car.
Yes, you can tell that it is the GM Keyless Entry when the backup lamps are lit but there is no foot on the brake illuminating the brake lamps. But this is yet another distraction.
Other car companies honk or blink lights, or what do I know, they work hydraulic levelers to make the car bounce like these tricked out cars popular in LA. But only one car company ignores state law and sells vehicles that are not street legal like this.
This conflict of interest was anticipated. It’s possible that there is a reasonable explanation for the difference in treatment of Toyota and GM. But because of this conflict of interest, it’s going to be seen in the worst possible light.
But having said that, I think this is just another case of politics trumping society – just like the original GM takeover was.