Feb. 6, 2018 – The victims include a Bible college student in Iowa who was bicycling home from work, a 13-year-old Michigan boy riding in his older sister’s car and a Minnesota school bus driver picking up the morning newspaper in front of his home. All were killed in recent years by distracted drivers who […]
Paul Feldman, FairWarning
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Used Cars: Very Safe, Except for One Thing…
March 27, 2017 – Can a used car be marketed as “safe” or “certified” even if it has defective air bags, a faulty ignition switch or other potentially lethal problems? Yes, so long as the used car dealer discloses that the vehicle may be subject to a pending safety recall. That stance, taken by the […]
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After Moving at a Crawl, U.S. Revs Up Interest in Slowing Heavy Trucks and Buses
Sept. 22, 2016 – For more than a decade, most large commercial trucks have been equipped with electronic technology that can limit the speed at which they hurtle down the nation’s highways. But federal officials have not required the devices to be switched on, despite requests by safety advocates as well as by the industry’s […]