To improve car safety and aid in law enforcement, New Jersey is set to begin a new program requiring red decals on the front and rear license plates on any vehicle driven by a permit or probationary license holder under age 21. The new ...
Car crashes are the number one killer of teens and even though there has been a 62 percent decline since 1975 in teen deaths, more can be done. Here are some ways to keep young drivers safe on the road. Graduated driver licensing are laws ...
Tags: Car crashes, driving experience, driver's license, Driver education
Finding a booster seat that correctly fits your child is easier than ever according to a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Institute has released their annual list of the best-fitting booster seats for ...
Tags: Car Booster Seats, Highway Safety, booster seat, seat belt
This week's recall of 7.43 million Toyotas for a faulty power window switch that could catch fire has been billed as one of the largest in history. But how big is it really? It didn't even make the top 10, ranking only 16th on a list ...
Tags: Car Recalls, Top 10 Largest Car Recalls, Toyota, electrical components
The US Department of Transportation's(DOT)National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)has introduced a proposal aimed at mandating all the light passenger vehicles to be installed with event data recorders(EDR),commencing from 01 ...
Tags: DOT, NHTSA, light passenger vehicle, EDR, vehicle safety
Automaker Toyota is recalling 11,200 Scion iQ cars in the US due to a problem with sensor cables. The recall affects both 2012 and 2013 iQ microcars and the company said that no crashes or injuries have been reported relating to the ...
Tags: Toyota, recalling Scion iQ cars, sensor cables, safety system
German carmaker Opel has unveiled the new Adam urban car prior to its debut at the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show. The new car will be initially offered with three gasoline powertrains which include a 1.2 litre 51kW/70hp , a 1.4 litre ...
Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, has unveiled its four-door Subaru WRX STI spec C sedan, which further enhances its WRX STI Series line of vehicles. The company had launched the spec C version in ...
Dodge, a Chrysler brand, is set to roll off the production of its new Dart sedan at Chrysler Group's Belvidere Assembly Plant in Belvidere in Illinois US by this week. The new sedan is the Chrysler's first vehicle built on Fiat Group ...
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Pricing and specification details of the Infiniti G37 Coupe and Convertible have been released ahead of the rear-wheel-drive two-door models'arrival in Australian showrooms from late next week. Two variants of the Infiniti G37 ...
Autoliv (ALV), a provider of automotive safety systems, has unveiled a new seatbelt concept, to further enhance vehicle occupant safety. The new seatbelt system, currently being launched on Renault's Twizy electric vehicle, adds the ...
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As you travel this Thanksgiving weekend, bear in mind that turkeys aren't the only animals on the run. November is the highest month for deer collisions--more than three times as common compared to August, which is the lowest month for ...
Tags: Deer Crashes, deer collisions, claims for animal strikes
Nearly 745,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Liberty sport-utility vehicles are being recalled due to an issue with the cars' supplemental restraint systems. A component within the system could fail and cause a sudden, inadvertent deployment ...
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Denver,Colorado,United States of America October 24,2012--Outskirts Press,Inc.has published Firefighters and Highrises:Bridging the Gap by Matt Stuckey.The author's most recent book to date is a 7 x 10 casebound in the ...
Tags: firefighters, Outskirts Press, Inc., Highrise Fire Primer
Risky driving behavior by teenagers is too often learned through observing their parents, according to a new survey. About 90 percent of the teens report observing their parents talking on a cell phone while driving, while 88 percent said ...
Tags: risky driving, teenagers, observing their parents, new survey