Posts tagged automobile

• Roof Crush Intrusion - "Deadly By Design" Expose

  IB Contributor | December 25, 2006 3:00 PM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In response to my Dec. 23, 2006 "The Most Deadly Vehicle" article, I received an email from Paula Lawlor, a roof crush consultant, who has co-authored, along with Todd Tracy, "Deadly By Design". According to its authors, "Deadly By Design" is "An expose of the weak government standard that has lead to more than three decades of unnecessary fatalities and catastrophic injuries in rollover...

• Ford Excursion Rollover Fatality

  IB Contributor | March 20, 2007 9:48 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Was this a roof crush fatality?A California man driving a Ford Excursion on U.S. 6 just east of Ely, Nevada died Sunday in a single-vehicle rollover accident according to a story by NBC News 4.Jay Wooten of Fairfield, California was driving his Ford Excursion with five other people in the vehicle, when he swerved to avoiding hitting an elk. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper George...

• Ford Recall to Fix Fire Hazard

  Christina Cole | March 07, 2007 10:19 AM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Ford recalling 155,000 pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.Ford Motor Company is recalling 155,000 sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks which includes the following models: 2003 F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty truck, the Ford Excursion SUV and the Lincoln Blackwood pickup.The recall involves a defective cruise control switch that is potentially causing fires in older...

• GM recalls Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia SUVs

  IB Contributor | February 24, 2007 10:46 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  General Motors Corp., the world's largest auto maker, announced Friday that it is recalling most of its new 2007 Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia sport utility vehicles because the vehicles' front air bags may fail to deploy in a crash, according to a Bloomberg News report.The recall includes 13,032 of the SUVs built from August to this month, the automaker told the U.S. National Highway Traffic...

• Drunk Drivers Cause Fatal Car Crashes

  Claude Wyle | January 15, 2012 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We know that driving while under the influence of alcohol or a drug is no laughing matter. DUI violations are severely reprimanded for a good reason: People are injured and killed on the roads...

• Toyota Defective Cars--Congressional Hearings Shed More Light On Issues

  Claude Wyle | March 02, 2010 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last week I lamented that one of the problems with big corporations is that rather than spending enough money to make products safe in the first place, or spending enough money to fix the problems...

• Runaway Toyota Cases Ignored

  Claude Wyle | November 14, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Safety investigators dismissed numerous reports of sudden acceleration, then said data were lacking. I am sure many of you were shocked to learn that since 2001, more than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus...

• Stuck Floor Mat Survival Strategies – How to Avoid a Collision

  Claude Wyle | November 10, 2009 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recent reports of stuck accelerator pedals causing crashes and Toyota’s auto recall has caused many to question whether or not a vehicle’s brakes are powerful enough to overpower the...

• The Danger of Speeding—Tragic California Accident Kills Child

  Jessica Smagacz | May 27, 2009 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Tommy Watkins, 50 year old from Bakersfield, was driving home after camping at Lopez Lake with his family. According to investigators, Watkins attempted to pass another car but got stuck and his...

• Distracted Driving - Pets, Phones and Pretzels

  Nigel Whitehead | April 28, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Driving while "distracted" is a major source of automobile accidents. The National Highway Traffic Administration has released several articles dealing with the effect of driving while distracted....