GM's recalled autos designed for drivers ill-equipped to cope with defects

When Bill Trautwein offered to buy his daughter a car to drive to college classes, she went for the blue one -- a used 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt that matched the color on the Florida Gators uniform her big brother wore on the way to two national football championships. Sarah Trautwein was driving the car on a June morning in 2009 when she left the road, struck a tree and died. While Bill Trautwein says he assumed his daughter had fallen asleep at the wheel, General Motors Co. (GM)'s recall of models including Sarah's has made him reconsider: The ignition switches in these cars can inadvertently click off, GM said last month, cutting power to the engine and airbags, steering and brakes. Sarah, then 19 years old, probably wouldn't have known what to do, Trautwein said.

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