Archive for the ‘Safety’ Category
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
The fact that this study came as news to a lot of people in the general media speaks volumes about the quality of their automotive reporting and their concern for public safety, but at least they're finally getting around to reporting this story. Take particular care to note that none ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
People who love driving and worship cars regularly trot this theory out, and there's certainly something to be said for some of their points. But it's worth remembering that many more people died when cars were a lot more dangerous and the roads weren't as well-designed. There are some tips ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
When it comes to helping you with the widest range of automotive-related dangers, no service in the world comes close to GM's OnStar safety-security system, and now the 24-hour service has added specific information related to a growing incidence of poisonings involving children and pets. For direct details on the ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
You don't have to be in a car to be a counted as a traffic fatality, as being hit by a car gets you on the list as well. That becomes a more likely happening if you tune out the traffic around you by talking on the phone or listening ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
A reporter in Orlando made a small mistake the other day regarding the safety integrity around her car and is paying a big price for it. The best part is she can now help other people avoid the same problem.
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
When the time comes to actually buy a car, it's often difficult to understand which features you should make sure are part of the package. This story helps you sort out which things are worth the extra money and which aren't.
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
A regular commute into Dallas for a disparate group of women has developed into a networking organization that offers help in times of car trouble or job searches or whatever's needed, and no men are allowed.
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Apparently a significant number of people, including a lot of children, are burned when gasoline catches fire, and the Shriners' Hospitals for Children wants to reduce that number. More information can be found at www.burnawarenessweek.org.
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Groups of mothers regularly pray together for the safety of their families and they believe those requests have often been answered.
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Ralph Nader is probably more responsible for the launch of automotive safety than any person in the world, and he's still out there doing what he can to encourage consumer protection on all fronts. With George Bush gone, Nader believes the new president has a chance to make things better ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
As entertaining as a list like this can be, the truth is that it's drivers who get tickets, not the cars themselves. There is sometimes a co-relation between the driver and his car that results in tickets (young men and cheap sportscars), but more often the causal relationship is not ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
If you're one of those folks who thinks it's smart to leave your seatbelt undone so you'll be "thrown clear" in a crash, you need to see this video. But be warned -- it's pretty tough stuff.
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Not only is it possible that a really old car can get better fuel economy than a new one (usually because it doesn't have airbags and other safety technology that adds weight), but not buying a new one can have other environmental benefits as well. At least that's what this ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
An examination by a tech writer at the Washington Post makes it clear that the new technologies meant to stop people from being able to use cell phones in cars aren't as infallible as many people, but particularly the parents of teenagers, had hoped.
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
No one seems to be sure why exactly, but the number of drivers over 70 who die in car crashes has dropped significantly in recent years. This press release from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) delivers the hard facts and the soft speculation on the matter.
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
A 77-year-old Florida woman crashed into someone on a scooter and then left the scene to get to her hairdresser's on time. And it wasn't as if she didn't know the crash happened, since the guy on the scooter was thrown onto the hood of her car and hit the ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Not as small as a Smart but smaller than a Rabbit, this four-door model will probably deliver better fuel economy than both of those model and many others, and for less money. Whether it will appeal to enough North Americans to make it viable remains to be seen, particularly since ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Time was that a BMW or Mercedes had safety, quality or ergonomic levels that less expensive cars couldn't come close to offering, so there was some rational reason for buying them. But those days are long gone. Now about the only thing you get for the extra money is the ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
This is the kind of story that gives parents nightmares, so that means it's required reading for anyone who wants to know how the world can put her children at risk and what she has to do to protect them.
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Not sure how much weight this will carry with lawmakers, but the idea that you shouldn't be able to talk on a cell phone with a headset or through the car's stereo system or indeed through any method at all unless the car is stopped will surely irritate a lot ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Not only did she do it on purpose and not show much emotion at being sentenced, but it seems to have happened because of a man and an injury to an innocent dog. For reasons that defy explanation, it seems even worse because it happened in Scotland.
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Not much of this will be new to the concerned parent, but it's always good to have the truths and dangers of teen driving brought up for reconsideration.
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
More recently than you might imagine, the only electronic component of a car was the AM/FM radio. But those days are behind us and much of the geek universe is anxious to add more computing power and technology to our cars. Some of it even a normal person will find ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Ford is trying to take advantage of some strong crash test results and the flawed methodology behind the IIHS to name its "Safest" vehicles to call the new F-150 the "safest" pickup on the market. At best, using those results only allows Ford (or indeed any company) to say that ...
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
The OnStar system that GM offers on most of its cars is one of the greatest safety/security/convenience features in the world, and at long last Toyota is set to offer its own system. As the following press release makes clear, there'll be separate iterations for Toyota (Safety Connect) and Lexus ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Crossovers are the rage in many areas today, and no company has as complete a line of offerings as General Motors, from Chevrolet Traverse all the way up to the Cadillac SRX now. These vehicles are essentially a replacement for the minivan and the large SUV, with slightly less functionality ...
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Dallas police decided to get tough with a new policy on uninsured drivers, and as a result a bunch of people were left without their cars on New Year's Day. There's still some flexibility for safety reasons, but the cars are still being towed away.
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
A surprising number of armed forces personnel are hurt or killed in off-duty car crashes, and now the U.S. military is taking an active role in investigating those deaths to see how they can be reduced.
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
The primary charm of this entry is a few minutes with the kind of English that only the Japanese are able to create (the headlines of this entry is a clue), but it's also instructive when you think about the size of this seven-passenger van -- it's nearly three inches ...
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
A man who wanted to help another person after a car crash was hurt when a third car crashed into him and now a Texas court has ruled against insurance coverage for his medical bills.
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Turns out the five young people who survived that drive off the Pacific Coast Highway and down the cliff to the edge of the water the other night might have used up their "lucky points" for the next couple of decades. The driver should be glad he survived to face ...
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Since virtually every car on the road today is controlled by a computer attached to its engine, it would be a relatively easy job to create a technology that monitored a vehicle's speed and brought it into line with the legal limit. This would have an immense effect on safety ...
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
It's really best to let this guy speak for himself about "douchebaggy activity".
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
This crash took place on the other side of the peninsula from the San Francisco airport at one of the most beautiful spots on the glorious Pacific Coast Highway. If you're there on a good day it's hard to believe anything bad can ever happen to you, and that the ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
It's not exactly Attack of the Killer Floormats, but those rubber things that keep snow, ice and dirt from despoiling the carpet of your car can also cause considerable harm. There are lots of reports of them getting knocked out of position and jamming up against the gas pedal and ...
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