too slow in coming. toyota and nhtsa were aware of the stuck gas pedales in 2003. the largest recall on record of 3.8 million. the biggest recall involved ford in 1996 because of a fire prone ignition switch. with nhtsa on the hot seat, the department of transportation released some good news to temper the nhtsa news. that is in 2009 there were far fewer total fatalities on the nation s roads than ever before, since 1956. in fact, 10,000 fewer in just five years. certainly cars are a lot safer today than they ever have been but also with unemployment near and above 10% in some cases there are fewer people driving to work. lawrence? come costello, thank you. coming up keith returns to relay a warning he got from a health care provider. why an emt pleaded with keith to tell the countdown viewing