Issues
NHTSA Recommends Autonomous Vehicles be Used for Testing Only — For Now – 5/31/13
by Tiffany Kaiser
May 31, 2013
National Safety Council Study: Crashes Involving Cell Phones – May 2013
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Recent analysis indicates cell phone distracted driving crashes vastly under-reported
Jenelle’s Journey: From Tragedy To Advocacy
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Vehicle Schematics for First Responders via Electronic QR Codes
How a QR Code Could Save Your Life
BY DAMON LAVRINC
Wired.com
05.28.133:44 PM
Link to story
Consumer Advocacy Group Calls for a Recall of 5 Million Jeep Grand Cherokees – 5/23/13
The Center for Auto Safety is asking top officials at the Chrysler Group and its parent company, Fiat, to recall about five million vehicles. The nonprofit consumer advocacy group said, “Children are dying in Jeeps in rear-impact fires.”
In a letter to John Elkann on Wednesday, Fiat’s chairman, the center cited the deaths of three children since 2006 in fires that occurred when the Jeeps in which they were riding were struck from the rear.
Guide Revisions Provoke Uproar – 4/5/13
Proposed changes to the used-car Buyers Guide required by the Federal Trade Commission have been criticized by consumer groups and the attorneys general of 22 states, who say the revisions would be a setback in consumer protection.
The critics are urging the F.T.C. not to adopt the changes — the first since 1995 — which they say could result in consumers’ being misled about their legal rights or not learning the full history of a car damaged in a flood or a crash.
Police, Patriot Guard help crash victims in Indiana – 1/24/12
VALPARAISO, Ind.