Issues
A Low-Cost Model Is a Big Headache for Ford
By DANNY HAKIM
New York Times
November 6, 2000
DETROIT, Nov. 5 – The Ford Focus might be the most error-prone car in the industry.
Latest Crown Victoria Fire Claims Family of NASCAR Crew Chief
Wreck claims 3 members of family
9-12-03 By AMY WOLFFORD, Staff WriterNews & Record
GREENSBORO — The limousine was a surprise.
Tara Howell Parker — wife of NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett’s crew chief — sometimes shared the perks of the flashy race world with her younger sisters. So on Wednesday, she rented the stretch limo to escort the sisters to and from the Fleetwood Mac concert the three had been anticipating at the Greensboro Coliseum, family said.
“Head Bags” Help Keep Drivers Alive, Study Shows
"Head Bags" Help Keep Drivers Alive, Study Shows
Ford: Truck Buyers Stuck with Lemon Diesel
Despite early woes, sales are strong
By Richard Truett
Automotive News / August 25, 2003
CAS Opposes Flexible Fuel Vehicle CAFE Credit
CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 330 Washington, DC 20009-1160 (202) 328-7700
April 10, 2002
Docket Management
U.S. Department of Transportation
Room PL-401
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington DC 20590
Re: DOT Docket No. NHTSA 2001-10774; 67 FR 10873 (Mar. 11, 2002)
The Police Car of Choice has a Deadly Record
Jason Schechterle, a Phoenix officer who was severely burned when his Crown Victoria police car was hit, says Ford must make the car safer. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune)
By Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake Tribune
Officer Christopher Witte is not happy. It's his first traffic stop of the night, and he just got a flat tire on a busy stretch of the busiest interstate in Utah.
Retired Police Cruisers Thriving in Appalachia Despite Safety Concerns
Aug. 04, 2003
ROGER ALFORD
Associated Press
SALYERSVILLE, Ky.
Who Pays the Bill? Appendix A
LITERATURE REVIEW OF BURN INCIDENCE AND TREATMENT
Before World War II, those who survived fires and other burn incidents with major injuries received virtually no care before reaching a hospital. If they reached the hospital alive, they would receive largely palliative care.
Who Pays the Bill?
INTRODUCTION
Motor vehicle injuries are a major public health problem. Vehicle crashes affect both the individual crash victims and society as a whole in numerous ways. The cost of medical care is borne by the individual through payments for uninsured expenses, by society through higher insurance premiums and through the diversion of medical resources away from other needs, such as disease control or medical research.
Safety Firebrand Refuses to Relent
Fired employee battles Chrysler in courtroom
DETROIT — Paul Sheridan sifted through the pile of police reports, depositions and legal briefs, and stopped at the autopsy photographs of Nancy Lou Whitt.
He had seen dozens of autopsies in more than 100 product-liability lawsuits. But the Whitt case shocked him.