Survivors and families of victims of fatal road accidents connected to defective ignition switches in General Motors’ vehicles slammed the automaker Tuesday, as lawmakers tried to piece together why it took the company more than a decade to issue recalls despite repeated red flags.
Samantha Denti, of Toms River, N.J., said at a news conference in Washington D.C. that she and other GM customers were “kept in the dark” about the defect that has been linked to 13 deaths so far.
Denti described multiple instances of when her 2005 Chevy Cobalt went from “45 [m.p.h.] to zero within seconds.”
“This car was surely a death trap,” she said. “Driving this car was like playing a game of Russian roulette with my safety and that of my friends.” .... http://www.infowars.com
