Issues

General Motors Recalls

April 14, 2015

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Automakers Say You Don’t Really Own Your Car

April 9, 2015

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CAS STATEMENT ON $150 MILLION WALDEN JEEP FIRE JUDGMENT

April 2, 2015

 

 

 

 

Walden v. Chrysler Trial

March 25, 2015

 

On March 6, 2012, four year old Remington Cole Walden was killed despite riding in a child booster seat to protect him when the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by his aunt was struck from behind and engulfed in flames.

CAS STATEMENT ON $150 MILLION WALDEN JEEP FIRE JUDGMENT – 4/2/15

CAS Comments to FTC on Used Car Rule Regulatory Review, March 17, 2015

March 23, 2015

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Safety Agency Defends Guardrail Test

March 19, 2015

Click here for the New York Times article Safety Agency Defends Guardrail Test – 3/15/15

The federal agency charged with investigating a potentially dangerous guardrail defended its methods of analysis, after it was criticized for giving a guardrail a passing grade in a crash test despite severe damage to the driver’s door.

Dr. Ronald A. Belt’s Sudden Acceleration Papers

March 18, 2015

Dr. Ronald A. Belt: Why I Publish Here How Brakes Can Fail During a Sudden Acceleration Incident – 11/27/24 A Cause of SUA Common to All Vehicles with Electronic Throttles – 7/20/24 EDR Accelerator Pedal Data Can Be Wrong With This Cause of Sudden Acceleration – 6/1/23 A Cause of Sudden Acceleration in Battery Powered…

Transportation Research Board, “The Safety Promise and Challenge of Automotive Electronics: Insights from Unintended Acceleration”

March 4, 2015

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Safety Advocates Call on U.S. DOT to Issue Rule Requiring Crash Avoidance Technology for Large Trucks

March 4, 2015

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Large Truck Crash Victims

2015 Car Book “Best Bets”

February 12, 2015

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