GM and NHTSA hid Volt fire info for almost 6 months?

It's the Chicago way.

(AutoGuide)- Apparently, way back in June, General Motors heard about a Volt fire that happened three weeks after said vehicle was crash tested, yet it wasn’t until November that the company, nor NHTSA disclosed there was a potential problem, urging both dealers and customers to drain the battery pack immediately following an accident.

As a result the public relations nightmare surrounding Chevy’s halo vehicle appears to be deepening, though a good deal of the blame in this case also rests with NHTSA.
Joan Claybrook, a former administrator at NHTSA believes part of the reason for the delay was the “fragility of Volt sales.” Yet she also believes that “NHTSA could have put out a consumer alert, not to tell them [customers] for six months makes no sense to me.”

Obama's pick for traffic safety czar wants to bring back 55, put speed cameras everywhere and give you a DUI for looking at a beer

Obama's pick for traffic safety czar, Chuck Hurley, has never meet a regulation he does not like. He is the CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He wants to bring back the 55 mph speed limit and lower the allowable blood-alcohol content (BAC) for drivers to .04(one glass of wine). Chuck Hurley also supports random pullovers to make sure drivers aren't doing anything wrong. He does not understand the concept of presumption of innocence. Chuck Hurley is also part of a group lobbying for red light and speed cameras. We all want safe highways, but Mr. Hurley is clearly an extremist. The Senate should put him "on the road," not at the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to this Washington Times editorial,

President Obama's pick to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration raises a few red flags. If confirmed by the Senate, Chuck Hurley, CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, will drive motorists over the cliff with regulation.

The nation's traffic-safety czar has broad powers to control the roads and road-going habits of Americans. Mr. Hurley has a history of pushing laws that harass millions of law-abiding citizens to ensnare a few lawbreakers. He supports returning the 55 mph speed limit to our highways as well as roadblocks and random pullovers to make sure drivers aren't doing anything wrong. This methodology is based on a presumption of guilt - not innocence - of the average driver who is doing nothing wrong.

Mr. Hurley has promoted a mania of overregulation at MADD. Absent from his advocacies is the principle that a punishment should fit the crime, or that a crime even needs to be committed to incur a penalty. Under this influence, MADD has been lobbying to lower the allowable blood-alcohol content (BAC) for drivers to .04 - which means one glass of Pinot can land anyone behind bars. The constant lowering of BAC limits has separated what is punishable from what is actually dangerous.