Why R' Yonah Metzger won't get position in B.P.

Arutz Sheva:

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger is calling on rabbis to address the issue of safe driving this Shabbat, known as Shabbat Shuva, the Sabbath of “Return” or “Repentance” that is observed between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur...
Rabbi Metzger explained that the rabbis must explain to congregants that the Torah demands we take prudent steps to protect one another and distance ourselves from harm, and safer driving is a first step towards achieving that goal...

What is he doing trying to alter a long standing- or driving- tradition? Apikoros!