Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 NEW YORK, NY— Toyota ended the old year trying to decisively shut the door on sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) problems in its Toyota and Lexus vehicles, but it’s unlikely that the automaker’s troubles are gone with 2009.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – After decades of successfully maintaining the status quo, motor coach manufacturers and operators are about to be regulated as part of a concerted approach to improve motorcoach safety.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C – On the eve of a rare non-compliance public hearing, Transportation Collaborative, Inc., a New York school bus company, agreed to complete by September, 15 recalls campaigns dating back to 2001 and to pay a $20,000 fine.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 ARLINGTON, VA — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its latest ratings for boosters, and out of 60 models gave 15 models high marks and dinged 11 as “not recommended.” Meanwhile, a statistical analysis of the association between booster seat use and the [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fair. A listener. Safety conscious. The safety community was near unanimous in its reaction to the confirmation of David L. Strickland as NHTSA’s new administrator.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 WASHINGTON D.C. – At least a year past a Congressional deadline and several years behind its own schedule, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed a new ejection-mitigation standard that would compel automakers to improve their side airbag designs to fully cover up [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2009 LAS VEGAS, NV – In the capital of distractions, visitors to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month got a preview of the latest innovation in on-board electronics – and it didn’t make Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood very happy. Just two months [...]