Take your pick: washingtonpost.com The United States is seeking the maximum civil penalty of $16.375 million against Toyota for failing to notify safety regulators of its "sticky pedal" defect for at least four months, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Monday. Feds plan to hit Toyota with record fine for safety lapses - Drive On: A conversation about the cars and trucks we drive - USATODAY.com Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood just announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to level the maximum allowable civil penalty against Toyota for failing to notify the auto safety agency of the dangerous "sticky pedal" defect for at least four months.
I must add and I not speaking in terms of just the Toyota case, the "maximum penalty" we impose seems awfully low compared to the extortion level billion dolalr fines and levies imposed by the EU.
True. When you're talking billions a 16 million dollar fine is chicken feed. Bad press will have more of an effect.
