 Although inspectors had ordered the vehicle out of service and placed the sticker a month before the accident, Tacopina argued that none of the violations cited at that time concerned the affected portions of the brake; the hanging line that was specifically noted was part of the antilock brake system which was not involved in the crash.Therefore, he said, the issue of the removed sticker was "a red herring" as far as the cause of the accident was concerned.On June 17, Bartlett ordered Husain to provide a DNA sample within ten days.