Issues
Chrysler defies request for Jeep fuel tank recall – 6/5/13
By Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times
June 5, 2013
For two decades, some Jeep SUV models have shown an alarming tendency to burst into flames after rear-end collisions. At least 51 people have died.
On Tuesday, after a two-year investigation, federal safety regulators identified a likely cause — defective fuel tanks — and called for parent company Chrysler to issue a massive recall of 2.7 million vehicles. The decision marked a victory for safety advocates who have compared the Jeep fires to the 1970s crisis involving fire-prone Ford Pintos.
CAS Statement on Chrysler’s Refusal to Recall Fire-Prone Jeeps – 6/4/13
Chrysler resisting U.S. recall of 2.7 mln Jeep vehicles – 6/4/13
* Chrysler resists recall requested by U.S. regulators
CAS Statement on Chrysler’s Refusal to Recall Fire-Prone Jeeps
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
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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.