U.S. government: no need for recalled GM cars to be pulled off the road

Reuters: The U.S. Department of Transportation has rebuffed a call by two Democratic senators to advise owners of 2.6 million recalled General Motors cars to stop driving them until they are repaired.

In letters sent on Tuesday to Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrote that "such an action is not necessary at this time."

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