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Phil Edmonston, author of the Lemon-Aid car guides and Car Smarts, a guide for young teens, has called for Daimler Chrysler Canada to drop its national TV ads showing young people street-racing their new "hemi"-equipped Dodge trucks at stoplights and then being swarmed by a bevy of young, short-short beauties when they come in first at the last stoplight. "Chrysler just doesn't get it," says Edmonston, an author and former member of Parliament. "For young people, street racing is a serious problem throughout Canada, killing teens and injuring countless others. Car Smarts and our schools say firmly that racing isn't "cool" or "sexy," but Chrysler's national TV ads say it is." "Besides promoting street racing and sexism, the companies also fail to disclose that any form of racing will immediately void the manufacturer's warranty," says Edmonston, a car safety and consumer advocate.
