Zip ties not good enough for the NHTSA; Toyota might replace gas pedals

Looks like Toyota's $0.05 solution to fixing the "sudden acceleration" issue with many of their models, including the 2004-2009 Prius, does not quite fly with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to a report in Reuters, Toyota is meeting the US government's demands to replace gas pedals in all effected models.

Honestly, Toyota was asking for this type of bitch-slap response from the feds when their voluntary response was to fix this arguably deadly issue with a nickel's worth of zip-ties.