Category Archives: safety

Thanksgiving Auto Travel Up, but 30% below 2005 Peak

AAA projects the number of Americans traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday will increase 11.4 percent from 2009, with approximately 42.2 million travelers taking a trip at least 50 miles away from home. Continue reading

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Book Review: Feeding Frenzy at Ford, Firestone

This is a cautionary tale about how two old-line industrial companies were caught out in a global media crisis that badly tarnished the reputations of both. By the time that trial lawyers, politicians and the media moved on to other … Continue reading

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Cadillac Recalls CTS AND CTS-V for Bad Knee Bolsters

Cadillac is recalling more than 20,000 CTS all-wheel-drive and CTS-V models from the 2009-2010 model years because of a defective knee bolster on the front passenger side, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Continue reading

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Help Teens Cope with Dangerous Winter Roads

Now that winter is arriving in our northern latitudes, drivers will need to deal with the ice, snow, and other hazards that turn roads treacherous and contribute to the more than 1.5 million weather-related car crashes that occur each year, according to the National Research Council.  And if my experience is representative, more people than teens need to think about navigating a two-ton car or sport ute through the slop. Continue reading

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