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0Study: Turn signal neglect results in over twice as many crashes as distracted driving 1335810720
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken dead aim at stamping out distracted driving and with good reason. Last year, inattentive drivers caused around 950,000 accidents. But according to a new study by the Society of Automotive Engineers, there's another issue causing even ...
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Report: UK judge finds mom culpable for child's injuries because of incorrect child seat 1335729720
Any time a parent's poor judgment results in harm or injury to a child, it's a sad case. This story, however, seems particularly tragic. According to The Telegraph, a British woman whose daughter was seriously injured in a car crash was found negligent and partially responsible for her daughter's ...
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Report: NHTSA upgrades investigation into Ford Freestar, Mercury Monterey rust issues 1335565860
If you are still stuck driving a prematurely rusty 2004 Ford Freestar or Mercury Monterey minivan, you have our deepest sympathies. But for all your suffering, you might still gain some small measure of satisfaction from Ford. Remember the investigation launched by the National Highway Traffic ...
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Report: NHTSA working with automakers to accelerate vehicle-to-vehicle communication 1335501900
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration head-honcho David Strickland is big on emerging vehicle-to-vehicle communication, according to The Detroit Free Press. As a keynote speaker at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit this week, Strickland lauded the technology, ...
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Recalls: Bombardier recalls 3,200 Can-Am Spyder RT trikes over brake failure fears 1334672940
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a bulletin for the recall of the 2010 Can-Am Spyder RT to rectify an issue with its brakes. A pin in the brake pedal connecting rod on 3,259 units potentially affected could come loose; if that happens, total loss of braking is ...
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Recalls: BMW, Rolls-Royce issue recall over smoldering circuit boards 1334667600
Drivers of 2010-2011 Rolls Royce Ghost models and several BMW models with turbocharged engines need to get their vehicles to their dealers. The cars are being recalled for a potentially hazardous defect that could turn their high-end autos into smoldering hunks of less luxurious melted plastic ...
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Report: NHTSA: BMW 7 Series gearshift issue has resulted in 16 crashes, 5 injuries 1334600880
You had to figure that this might happen when BMW decided to reinvent the gearshift lever for the 2002 7 Series. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been investigating the 2002-2008 7 Series since last fall, and has now "upgraded the probe to an engineering analysis," according ...
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Study: Older women, people under 20 are most often at fault for pedal misapplication crashes 1334349900
We hate to reinforce stereotypes as much as anybody else, so we'd like to point out that the source for this story comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. With that out of the way... According to TheDetroitBureau.com, the recent study found that older women and people ...
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Report: NADA: 7 million car buyers to be pushed out of the market by fuel economy rules 1334339100
If the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration makes its proposed 2025 fuel economy standards official, cars are going to be more expensive, and that's going to shut millions of buyers out, argues the National Automobile Dealers Association. "If the price of a vehicle goes up by the ...
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Official: NHTSA wants Brake-Throttle Override systems added to official Safety Standards 1334262060
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced plans to update the agency's current vehicle safety standards. In order to protect drivers in the event they depress both the accelerator and the brake pedal at the same time, automakers will be required to install a bake-throttle ...

