In an announcement of the new figures, US TransportationSecretary Ray Lahood called distracted driving an "epidemic" and called for tougher local regulations and stricter law enforcement.
Transportationsecretary Ray Lahood says the FAA will have to furlough the vast majority of its employees including air traffic controllers for at least one day — a pay period.
RAY LAHOOD, TRANSPORTATIONSECRETARY: My advice is if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it, take it to a Toyota dealer, because they believe they have a fix for it.