- 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 | 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...
- Scott Thomas | September 05, 2008 5:39 PM | Montgomery, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was scheduled to release its amended and upgraded federal standard on vehicle roof strength requirements July 1. However, after input from...
- Wendi Lewis | June 03, 2008 4:04 PM | Montgomery, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Automotive Safety will convene tomorrow, June 4, for a hearing on the issue of "roof crush" in relation to driver and passenger safety in vehicle rollover accidents. The hearing is scheduled for 10-11:30 a.m. ET in Washington, D.C., and will address the minimum standard for roof strength to ensure safety based on static and real-world rollover crash data.