Originally Posted by
Seatownflyer
This reminds me of Fight Club. ok ok, bear with me here for a sec. The main characters job is to investigate accidents for the car companies and see if its cheaper to settle out of court or do a recall on the vehicle. If they find sufficient evidence that its cheaper to pay off the victims rather than do a recall then they just keep the unsafe vehicles on the road. Sounds pretty similar to me.
P.S. I just woke up. Groggy. Thinking warped.
I think this is what you are looking for:
"A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."