Automobile Accidents

• Cell Phone Dialing and Texting While Driving - How Many Deaths and Serious Accidents Will it Take??

  Craig Kelley | April 16, 2008 11:40 PM | 2 CommentsOmaha, NE

  BEFORE we the people, our legislatures, or the proper lobbying groups DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CRAZINESS!! If the sight of the drivers all around you on the interstate, dialing/using one driving...

• Texting while driving: Time to STOP

  John Inserra | August 12, 2011 4:12 PM | 1 CommentOmaha, NE

  In July, two teenagers—19-year-old Elizabeth Chadwick and 18-year-old Jessica Weinfurtner—died in a car accident on Old Lincoln Highway. One reason for the accident? The driver was...

• DO YOU OWN A 2003 HONDA ACCORD? You and 350,000 OTher Fellow Owners Have a Recall to Deal With

  Craig Kelley | April 20, 2008 10:45 PM | 1 CommentOmaha, NE

  Omaha s KETV broke the AP story THe 2003 Honda Accord has a water drainage problem that leads to corrosion windshield wiper cover The corrosion could cause the electrical circuit breaker inside...

• Volvo Wins Safety Award

  John Inserra | April 18, 2008 10:16 AM | 1 CommentOmaha, NE

  Volvo has won an award for the development of "City Safety." The XC60 is Volvo's first car to have this system. Approximately 75% of all collisions are at speeds less than 30 km/h (18 mph). In 50...

• Cell Phone Use Laws While Driving

  John Inserra | July 16, 2007 11:07 AM | 1 CommentOmaha, NE

  Concern over the increasing use of cell phones has prompted legislatures in a number of states to attempt to ban, or at least restrict, cell phone use while driving, particularly among novice drivers. Attached is a chart outlining the use of cell phones while driving for each state. For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Driver dies in tragic truck accident

  Staff Writer | December 14, 2006 10:11 AM | 1 CommentLincoln, NE

  A truck driver on Nebraska Highway 8 died in a tragic motor vehicle accident last Thursday about a half mile east of Odell, a report from The Beatrice Daily Sun said. The cause of the accident was apparently a deer, which collided with the semi truck, hitting the upper portion of the hood and crashing through the windshield actually striking the driver. The driver swerved and overturned the...

• Jeep Liberty Recall

  John Inserra | August 11, 2006 2:45 PM | 1 CommentOmaha, NE

  DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler is recalling about 832,500 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles to fix a steering part. The front suspension lower ball joints on 2002 to 2006 Liberty SUVs will be replaced, the automaker said in a statement. The part can experience excessive wear and in extreme cases may separate, causing a loss of steering control, Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Chrysler said.

• Be a Part of the Solution: Take the Pledge to End Distracted Driving

  John Inserra | April 19, 2012 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. This year, there is a very simple message for drivers across the country: One Text or Call could Wreck it All. We all know that with...

• Consumers left in the dark about Hyundai’s potential seat belt recall

  John Inserra | April 13, 2012 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Owners of Hyundai Sonata hybrid vehicles need to be aware of a potential seat belt recall that hasn’t received much attention in the news. The issue is with model years 2011-2012...

• Join us in a nationwide campaign to end distracted driving

  John Inserra | February 24, 2012 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Distracted driving—as we’ve written about before—is a leading cause of auto accidents, resulting in thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries every single...