Nope, it really isn't. Go read about what "whataboutism" is and where it came from. It is a rhetorical technique where you deflect criticism by asserting that

Nope, it really isn't. Go read about what "whataboutism" is and where it came from. It is a rhetorical technique where you deflect criticism by asserting that the group you are being criticized by is hypocritical because they do the same thing they are accusing you of doing. There is no implication of hypocrisy here, nor could there be since the NHTSA doesn't make cars... Instead this is a comment asking a legitimate question about the basis for the investigation given the overall rates of occurence for the incident in question. Other repliers attempted to answer this question, you decided to try to shut down discussion by mis-applying a rhetorical label.