Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 WASHINGTON, DC – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into pedal entrapment involving the 2010 Ford Fusion, after receiving three complaints of accelerators pedals being trapped by accessory all-weather floor mats.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has moved forward with its mandate to create a publicly accessible consumer products complaints database by posting a proposed rulemaking outlining the details of the new system.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 Veteran safety researcher Susan Longacre, formerly of Longacre & Associates, Inc., has joined Safety Research & Strategies as a Senior Researcher. Longacre, of Annapolis, Maryland, headed her own technical safety research company for 27 years before becoming the newest member of the SRS team. [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – An Alameda County Superior Court jury has awarded a Ojai Valley, Calif. family $15 million in damages after Enterprise Rent-A-Car admitted that it caused the deaths of two sisters in a fatal crash, when it rented to them a PT [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010, Congress’ first major legislative overhaul of auto safety legislation in a decade, has been referred out of its respective committees and on to the U.S. House and Senate leadership for further action.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 The last two months have seen another Congressional hearing; details on Toyota’s fiscal and legal relationship with Exponent, the birth of a new government panel to look at Sudden Unintended Acceleration, the launch of a new Timeliness Query in a Toyota recall of defective [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 BOSTON, MA – After a series of high-profile deaths and injuries, the Massachusetts General Assembly has voted to raise the minimum age of All-Terrain Vehicle riders from 10 to 14 years of age.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2010 Spanish Researchers Find Unrestrained Objects Cause Head Injuries Researchers from the University of Navarra have concluded that improper use of a vehicle’s head/neck rest can place occupants at risk for head injuries from unsecured objects. The researchers determined that occupants typically place the head [...]