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DOT Launches ‘Choose the Right Seat’ for Children in Cars
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages one through 12 years old. From 2006 to 2010, 4,028 children aged 12 and younger were killed in crashes involving passenger vehicles. Another estimated 660,000 children were injured in crashes – a figure greater than the entire population of Boston, Massachusetts. Continue reading
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Teaching Teens of Deadly Distracted Driving with Video Game?
The Department of Transportation has launched a new page on a redesigned website aimed at educating teenage drivers about the dangers of distracted driving, which is now responsible for about 5,500 deaths and 500,000 injures annually in the U.S. Continue reading
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New Jersey Stiffs U.S. Taxpayers over $271 Million Grant. Republicans, Democrats Collude on Cancelled ARC Tunnel
Well, it sounds like LaHood (an Illinois Republican appointed by Obama) had no choice. Defenders of the deal, and there are some, say that DOT maneuvered to get N.J. taxpayers some benefit from the cancelled transit investment. In their view this solves the standoff over reimbursement — interest and penalties were accruing daily that New Jersey taxpayers would have been responsible for — and maybe New Jersey residents will also get the benefit of improved transit in the state. We will see. There sure is enough political manure here in my view to help New Jersey remain the garden state… Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy, fools 'n frauds, people, transportation
Tagged auto informed, auto news, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, budget deficit., department of transportation, dot arc tunnel, dot grants, Ken Zino, lahood, mass transit, nj politics, railroad holdup, taxpayer subsidies, theft of taxpayer funds, zino
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DOT’s LaHood Praises BMW as it Enables Distracted Driving?
BMW, the luxury brand that is in the process of becoming the first automobile manufacturer in the world to have voice-read e-mail messages inside its vehicles, has been singled out for praise by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation for claiming it is against texting and driving? Continue reading
EPA, DOT and California Want Higher Light Vehicle Fuel Economy Rules in Place by September. Jobs Are at Stake
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California today announced a timeframe for proposing what will no doubt be increased fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, economy, environment, new vehicle, transportation
Tagged auto informed, auto news, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, carb, dot fuel economy, epa, fuel economy standards, greenhouse gases, Ken Zino, lahood, mary nichols, nhtsa, obama, state f union, zino
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FocusDriven Distracted Driving PSA: 5,500; How Many More?
FocusDriven, the first national non-profit organization advocating for victims of distracted driving has released new Public Service Announcement or PSA titled, “5,500; How Many More?”
The PSA highlights that nearly 5,500 people are killed and half a million more are injured in distraction-related crashes annually. The auto industry and electronics makers whose devices are enabling distracted driving thus far show no interest in helping to curb this growing safety problem. And the U.S. Congress has forbidden federal safety regulators form promulgating national standards or rules. Continue reading
DOT Secretary LaHood Blasts Distracted Driving Yet Again
Congress has prohibited DOT from enacting national regulations governing driving behavior, so LaHood can do little about it except use his “bully pulpit” to address the growing issue, which has been called repeatedly an epidemic by safety advocates. Continue reading
NHTSA Administrator Strickland Visits NAIAS Show Promoting Jobs, Not Safety? The Endless Partison Political Campaign Continues
The man responsible for traffic safety in the United States, David Strickland, visited the North American International Auto Show – NAIAS – this week promoting the Obama Administration’s jobs agenda – or at least the let’s talk, but do little, part of it, with nary a word about traffic safety. Continue reading
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Tagged auto informed, auto news, auto safety, autoinformed.com, automotive news, dd, distracted driving, Ken Zino, lahood, naias, nhtsa, zino
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Drive Safely, Use Belts Over the Thanksgiving Holiday
New research that shows that states that strengthen belt laws and increase fines for unbuckled motorists see substantially increased seat belt use. Continue reading
