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0Report: Probe finds no evidence of misconduct among ex-NHTSA employees 1302377580
Would you raise an eyebrow if you knew that former NHTSA workers took jobs with automakers after their tenure with the Feds? A few senators experience vertical eyebrow movement, and decided they'd like a few questions answered. Was it possible that misconduct was underfoot related to automaker ...
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Americans racked up 3,000,000,000,000 miles traveled last year 1299279660
The Department of Transportation has released data revealing that American drivers clocked over 2.9 trillion miles traveled in 2010. According to DOT, that's a .7 percent, or 20.5 billion-mile) increase over 2009, and the highest rate since 2007. The area between Texas and Kentucky saw the ...
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Report: Toyota image gets big boost after NASA findings revealed 1297782000
It doesn't take much to change the opinion of the masses, apparently. Automotive News is reporting that it only took a mere two days for Toyota to see a rebound in its reputation after NASA engineers cleared the company of any electronic flaws in its vehicle software. As you may recall, the ...
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EPA, DOT, California all agree on timeframe for new CAFE standards 1295981820
Last April, the three main fuel economy regulatory players – the EPA, the DOT and the State of California – announced new CAFE targets for the 2012 through 2016 model years: 34.1 miles per gallon by 2016. If there's one thing U.S. automakers liked about this, it was that we had a ...
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Video: Manhattan's speed limit - Do you know it? 1291067820
NYC DOT speed limit PSA spots – Click above to watch the videosYou might honestly think that the speed limit in Manhattan is "whatever you can crank it up to between red lights." That's wrong, and the New York City Department of Transportation wants you to know that it's 30 mph. More ... -
New Laws: Commercial truck and bus drivers banned from texting while driving 1285192860
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claims that in 2009 alone, 5,500 fatalities and half a million injuries occurred as a direct result of distracted driving. The problem is so severe that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (above) recently felt compelled to address Autoblog ...
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Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, has something he'd like to say... 1284663420
Together, we can end distracted driving, and Tuesday's national summit is a good place to start. Editor's Note: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood wanted to speak directly to the people ahead of the Department of Transportation's Distracted Driving Summit this Tuesday, September 21st, so he ...
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How EPA's new fuel economy label would grade current cars 1283365740
EPA Fuel Economy Sample Grades – Click above to view entire listTwenty years ago, the federal government made it mandatory for most food products to carry nutrition information based on a 2,000 calorie diet in the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Information Act. In doing so, the feds ... -
New fuel economy labels proposed by EPA and DOT 1283191080
EPA/DOT Proposed Fuel Economy Labels – Click above for high-res versionsAccording to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation are charged with designing new fuel economy labels for vehicle stickers that appear in ... -
Followup: Toyota says "We're not implying that everything is driver error, absolutely not." 1279218660
That's the word from Toyota spokesperson Mike Michels on the automaker's investigation of some 2,000 vehicles reported to suffer from unintended acceleration. Speaking with The New York Times, Michels said that a small amount of Toyota vehicles had issues with sticking accelerators, while a ...
