Topic: Automotive Safety
Highway deaths drop to lowest level since 1950s
AP News
Toyotas and texters aside, highway deaths fall to lowest number in more than half-centuryThe roads today are full of hazards: Runaway Toyotas, teen drivers texting, commuters using the rearview mirror to check their hair while juggling cups of scalding coffee. Nonetheless, the number of people dying on the highway is ...
Government weighs post-Toyota "black box" requirement
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Safety regulators are weighing whether to make "black boxes" mandatory for all new vehicles in response to recent unintended acceleration problems in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief David Strickland told a congressional hearing the agency would be looking at the possibility of requiring ...
Under fire over Toyota, US regulators defend record
AFP American Edition
US regulators, under fire for their handling of deadly Toyota defects, defended their record Thursday as the best in the world and vowed an industry-wide probe into electronics used in accelerators. "We will be conducting a comprehensive review of electronic throttle technologies across the industry," National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
US traffic deaths reach record low
AFP American Edition
US driving deaths dropped to their lowest level ever recorded last year, which officials attribute to public service campaigns, less driving and safer roads and vehicles, government data showed Thursday. Despite the decrease, roads remain deadly, killing tens of thousands of Americans each year. Projected traffic fatalities for 2009, places ...
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