Dec 21, 2005 4
Wal-Mart Sells Dangerous Bikes
It’s Christmas time and even though news isn’t slow, the major news organizations have to trot out the usual “dangerous toys” stories. Although not as funny as the “Little Johnny Bag of Glass” skit on Saturday Night Live of years ago, this story packed all of the over-the-top gravitas that will make Steven Colbert proud.
The story involves Wal-Mart selling dangerous bikes. What is the dangerous feature of these bikes? They have quick-release front wheels that according to one of the plantiff’s lawyers:
“It ends up being, according to my metallurgist expert, a ticking time bomb, where in a matter of just days, weeks, months or years, that wheel has a very strong likelihood of coming loose,” Webb said.