While the dangers posed by hybrid batteries are real, in context they are
not very large, and Toyota seems to have done a commendable job of
anticipating and mitigating the hazards....
The greatest hazard in a damaged and motionless vehicle is almost always the
tank of gasoline. Can you imagine the safety, environmental, and other
regulatory hullabaloo that would arise if we were trying to introduce
gasoline into vehicles for the first time today?