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23 April 2007 posted in Safety 9 views
WHO tackles traffic deaths In a recent press release, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to address the leading killer of people between the ages of 10 and 24 worldwide – traffic crashes – to the tune of about 400,000 ...
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6 April 2007 posted in Government/Legal 4 views
NHTSA to require anti-roll tech on all cars by 2012 The NHTSA revealed the final rules on the mandatory installation of electronic stability control (ESC) to help prevent rollovers on all vehicles by the 2012 model year (September 2011). The legislatio ...
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5 February 2006 posted in SUVs 9 views
Redesigned SUV and truck bumpers save lives A new study released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety seems to indicate that redesigned SUV and truck bumpers - lowered to better match up with cars and fitted with energy absorbing devic ...
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