Car Safety

Guns Now Kill More People Than Cars in 10 States

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Gun Violence, Highways, Trayvon Martin, Car Safety, Gun Control, Handguns, Nra, Senator Chuck Schumer, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Guns, Politics News
Richard Schiffman

The evidence is clear -- the more guns are out there, the more likely they will be used to take a life. To cut these escalating death rates, we need to strictly restrict access to handguns, as they do in virtually every other advanced nation on earth.

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Safety Tips For Pet Travel

Wendy Diamond | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Wendy and Lucky Diamond, Travel Safety, Pet Safety, Lucky Diamond, Seatbelts, Safety, Car Safety, Cars, Ford Explorer, Subaru Forester, Travel, National Pet Day, Travel News
Wendy Diamond

For pet-parents, the opportunity to take trips with their animals is especially appealing -- but do you have everything you need to keep your pet happy and safe along the way?

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What Does It Mean that the Public Supports Specific Types of Regulation, But Questions 'Regulation' in General?

Sidney Shapiro | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Regulation, Deregulation, Car Safety, Environmental Regulations, Fda, Government Regulations, Epa, Business News
Sidney Shapiro

It may be, as cynics are likely to point out, that you can't underestimate the power of the American people to hold two contradictory ideas at once.

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Deadly Crash Was No Mere Accident

Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Cars, Jeff Zaslow, Auto-Safety, Jeffrey Zaslow, Car Accidents, Jeffrey Zaslow Dead, Auto Accidents, Car Safety, Jeffrey Zaslow Died, Business News
Sharon Silke Carty

There will be plenty of tears for Jeffrey Zaslow, a Wall Street Journal columnist of wide-renown and a friend. He was beloved by many. I worry that even though a huge community of people will grieve Zaslow, most will accept his death as a tragic accident, something completely unpreventable that could happen to any of us.

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Why Toyota Has a Whisker Across Its Bumper

Sean Kane | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Car Safety, Cars, Toyota Recall, Toyota, Toyota Tin Whiskers, Tin Whiskers, Toyota Accelerator, Toyota Acceleration Problems, Business News
Sean Kane

Toyota's problem is that it has treated unintended acceleration in its vehicles as a public relations dilemma, rather than a technical issue.

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Sharon Silke Carty

Scientists Debate If Another Culprit Triggered Toyota's Sudden Acceleration Problem: Tin Whiskers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Brake Pedals, Recalls, Nasa, Tin Whiskers, NHTSA Scrutiny, Accidents, Sudden Speed, Toyota Sudden Acceleration, Highway Safety, Toyota NHTSA, Toyota Accelerator, Auto Safety, Car Safety, Sudden Acceleration, Nhtsa, Nasa Nhtsa Toyota Report Tin Whiskers, Business News

Even as Toyota has reckoned with a wrenching crisis of confidence, acknowledging reports that some of its best-selling vehicles have been prone to acc...

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Child Safety Seats and Where Can My Kid Sit in the $%#@ Car?

Dr. G | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Car Safety, Driver Safety, Kids-Traveling, Child Safety, Driving Safety Tips, Seatbelts, Parents News
Dr. G

Even though we are all excellent drivers, we know that everyone else on the road is a moron, and we want to protect our kids from danger. So why does study after study show that children are not sitting where they should or how they should in order to be safe?

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Consumer Reports Names Honda, Toyota Most Reliable Cars

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Repairs, Toyota, Most Reliable Cars 2010, Honda, Gm, Car Safety, Consumer Reports, Most Reliable Cars, Business News

DETROIT — The most problem-free cars and trucks are made by Honda and Toyota, but U.S. automakers Ford and General Motors are closing the gap in...

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Car Porn

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Porn, Karma, Wind Horse, Automobile, Car Safety, Car Design, Fuel Economy, Vw, Mind, Lungta, Seat, Form, Essence, Technology News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

As a civilization we still want our presents wrapped up in shiny paper with a pretty bow on top. Will there ever be a day when we buy a car blind, not worrying about how it looks to us and others?

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IT Services Markets Crumble - Driving Detroit's Rut, Is the Media Business Next?

Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consolidation, Media, Technology, IT Trends, Media Firms, Joseph Schumpeter, Cloud Computing, Detroit Automakers, Outsourcing, Media Consolidation, Car Safety, Detroit, Unions, Customer Satisfaction, Ralph Nader, Productivity, Sourcing Advisor Sales, Telecom, IT Outsourcing, Data Centers, It Benchmarking, Technology News
Tony Greenberg

Media firms are the early adopters of new tech. You have to love them for taking arrows in the back and mounting themselves on the fireplace alter as trophies.

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Toyota: Engines Bad In 270,000 Vehicles, Including Seven Lexus Models

AP | BY SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recalls, Acceleration, Toyota, Prius, Stalling, Suv, Safety, Lexus, Accidents, Cars, Toyota Recall, Stall, Car Safety, Recall, Japan, Car Quality, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide – including luxury Lexus sedans – have potentially faulty...

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Consumer Reports: Lexus GX 460 SUV Is 'Unsafe'

AP | DAN STRUMPF and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lexus SUV, Lexus GX 460, Lexus GX 460 SUV, Car Safety, Lexus GX460, Lexus, Consumer Reports, Business News

WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. is temporarily halting sales of the 2010 Lexus GX 460 after Consumer Reports issued a rare "Don't Buy" warning a...

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Transportation Secretary Ray Says U.S. Considering weighing brake overrides in all new cars

AP | STEPHEN MANNING and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Car-Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Obama Administration, Toyota Recall, Toyota Brakes, Ray Lahood, Product Safety, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering requiring all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to have brakes that can override gas pedals ...

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The Driving Force of Fear

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Car Safety, Driving, Terrorism, Fear Factor, Healthy Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Your chances of dying in a car wreck this year are much higher than the likelihood of being killed by an Al-Qaeda agent.

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