<mike.frankl@gmail.com> writes:
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> GM Formula for Recall:[/color]
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> if z < r then don't do the recall[/color]
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> Pretty scary huh?[/color]
Eminently rational, I'd say. And I doubt that this formula
is unique to GM. Ford seems to have used such a calculus
where the Pinto's gas tank defect was concerned.
Where did you see this, by the way?
Of course, invoking a recall because of the likelihood of
costly lawsuits and the bad
PR resulting from them doesn't
preclude invoking a recall _also_ because people's safety
is at stake.
Geoff
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