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Driving at night is more dangerous than driving during the day. There is no arguing that. More accidents happen during from dusk until dawn than during daylight hours. Because of the congressional legislation requirements of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has [...]
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Across the board automotive safety experts believe that Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is one of the best safety inventions since the seatbelt. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) approximates that since 1975 when seatbelts were invented, they have saved at least 200K lives and have prevented countless injuries. The development of ESC may eventually [...]
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If a pedestrian goes up against a vehicle, the vehicle is always going to win. It is a weight/size ratio thing.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has posted the 2007 Pedestrian Traffic Safety Fact Sheet figures. Overall pedestrian accidents are down (the fact sheet gives figures from 1997-2007). That is good news, but there are [...]
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The January car sales figures are in. Only three car companyies increased sales over the same period in 2008: Subaru, Kia and Hyundai.
Cars and light truck sales are what is being measured. Subaru’s cars are down, like most of the rest of the struggling auto industry, but their January 2009 sales of light trucks (in their case [...]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a fantastic resource for consumers and for people who want to know the latest traffic safety. If a person wants to stay up-to-date on vehicle and auto parts recalls or just wants to know the latest driving information, safecar.gov is a great resource.
Safecar.gov has an impressive section dedicated [...]
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Showtime Conversions, custom RV/Caravan producers, are working with Dometic to recall the 2004 Showhauler. The Showhauler that has a two-door refrigerator made by Dometic has a boiler tube design defect. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a recall on February 2, 2009.
Because of the structure of the of the boiler tube, a flammable substance could escape and since gas [...]
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The results are in on the most unsafe vehicles of 2009. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have released their findings for the crash tests that they have performed on all of the 2009 models; according to Forbes.com’s interpretation of the results, American-made vehicles litter the bottom of [...]
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The deep and full-of-bravado voice on the Chevy Silverado and Dodge Ram commercials is used to lead people to believe that it is a tough vehicle built for working, hauling and being generally macho. Those two 2009s models along with the Nissan Titan have recently received marks on side crash tests that make you realize there [...]
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Starting January 2009, GM vehicles with valid OnStar memberships will be equipped with the Stolen Vehicle Slowdown technology. Stolen Vehicle Slowdown (or SVS) allows OnStar’s systems (GPS, cellular technology and the OnStar call center) to electronically reduce acceleration in a car that has been reported stolen. Carjackers beware. It is now possible for the law to take the joy out of [...]
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Is gorgeous AND safe impossible? Not for this performance vehicle - it has roll bars!
The latest Roadster from Tesla Motors is a beautiful specimen. At the rock bottom price of $128K the lucky owner can have a comely exterior and an engine that will take you from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds. High performance tires and [...]
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