- Pete Mackey | December 03, 2010 5:24 PM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
A friend of mine sent me a video of a crash test of 2009 Cheverolet Malibu and a 1959 Cheverolet Bel Air. The video shows, from several angles, how much safer the newer model is. That crash test was...
- Jon Lewis | May 24, 2010 11:17 AM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Do you become frustrated while driving on the interstates? Do you hate it when slow drivers are in the left lane? Do you wonder if these people ever took a driver's exam? Do you wish the State...
- Tom Methvin | February 17, 2010 4:14 PM | Montgomery, AL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
A surge of new complaints involving sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles has hit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the last three weeks. The additional reports came...
- Tom Methvin | February 11, 2010 9:55 AM | Montgomery, AL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
It appears that Toyota’s CEO and President, Akio Toyoda, is headed for the hot seat on Capitol Hill, where he will meet with U.S. legislators who seek answers to what Rep. Darrell Issa...
- Jon Lewis | September 09, 2009 6:13 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
According to a study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more males have died in automobile crashes from 1975 through 2007. Why? Men typically drive more and take more chances such...
- Danny Lehane | August 05, 2009 2:51 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
There are several major thoroughfares in the Birmingham metro area. Interstate 59 runs north and south from the Alabama/Georgia border into Mississippi, ending in Slidell, Louisiana. Interstate 65...
- Gibson Vance | December 11, 2008 10:42 AM | Montgomery, AL
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
Tech International, one U.S. distributor of Chinese-made valve stems, issued a massive recall of approximately 6 million “Replacement Snap-In Tire Valve Stems.” The stem has been...
- Jon Lewis | October 22, 2008 1:30 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
More than three decades ago, UCLA engineers performed a series of classic school bus crash studies, which determined that the major cause for injury in school bus accidents was the inadequacy of...