Showing posts with label car safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label car safety. Show all posts
So you bought a car...Good! Enjoy your purchase. But here is a list of things to think about after the sale. [...]
Nationwide, DUI accidents kill someone every 31 minutes and injure others every two minutes.
DUI stats.Law enforcement agencies will be out in force this holiday season to curb drunk driving. And they're asking for help.
"Drunk driving is the top priority for the California Highway Patrol and other motorists on the roads are one of the best weapons we have against drunk drivers," says the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Commissioner Mike Brown.
"We're asking the public to report drunk drivers by calling 9-1-1 and providing the location and a complete description of the vehicle. This will help us know who we're looking for and where to look," Brown said.
CHP will saturate freeways with patrols during the holidays, so there's a good chance an officer will be nearby when a driver tips them off about a drunk driver.
"If you give us a good description right away, we can catch the drunk driver," said CHP Officer Joe Zizi at their Santa Fe Springs office.
Traffic officials said to look for the following clues to tell if a driver may be drunk:
- straddling the center of the road,
- zigzagging,
- turning abruptly,
- following too closely or
- driving slower than 10 miles per hour below the speed limit.
THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY (IIHS)The IIHS is raising concerns about vehicle bumpers contending that weak federal standards permit automakers to build cars that suffer thousands of dollars in collision damage even at very low impact speeds.
The industry-funded research group, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, based in Arlington, Va., says the worst performer among six 2008 minivans it recently subjected to four low-speed crash tests was the Nissan Quest, with resulting damage that would have cost more than $8,000 to repair.[...]
Congratulations to
- Matthias Herman, Illinois in the 6-8 yo group.
- Grace Zhang, New Jersey in the 9-11 yo group.
- Christina Li, New Jersey in 12-15 yo group.
Each student won an additional $450 and $500 for their school to use towards art supplies.
The report also shows that 5,141 lives were saved by a safety belt the year GEICO started this poster contest in 1987.
In 2005, 15,632 lives over age four were saved.
Congratulations to all of the students who entered the 20th annual Safety Belt Poster contest. We encourage students to help save lives and enter again in fall 2007!
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My question is if the car seat is unsafe and more people are injured because of it. Shouldn't the car makers foot the bill on the subsequent increase in car insurance premiums?
Seat and head restraints in more than 60 percent of car models fall short of state-of-the-art protection for neck injuries and whiplash, a new study has found.
Only 22 of 75 cars tests rated good for rear crash protection in collisions, according to a new test of car seats by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an industry group.
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