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19 Vision school buses of the 2013 model year are being recalled by Blue Bird because of a potentially missing component.  The missing component is a certain electronic module that kicks on an indicator light on the dash when the hydraulic brake system loses pressure.  If a bus experiences a loss of pressure, yet the… read more

223 Hampton travel trailers of the 2010 and 2011 model years have been recalled by Crossroads.  Each of the recalled trailers contains a furnace from Atwood Mobile Products.  The defect rests with this component, which has a gas control valve that can become stuck and allow gas to leak out and potentially catch fire should… read more

A recall has been announced by Ken’s Foods on a variety of sauces and dressings because each of the items uses Gills Onions as an ingredient, and those onions might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  Affected items include Fatz Tartar Sauce, Golden Corral Tartar Sauce, Ken’s Tartar Sauce, Lee’s Cole Slaw Dressing, and Dickey’s BBQ… read more

A wide variety of antiseptic wipes and benzalkonium chloride swabs have been recalled by the DUKAL Corporation.  These swabs and wipes could be contaminated with a microbe called Burkholderia cepacia.  Healthy people should not feel any ill effects due to this contamination, and indeed there have yet to be illness reports, but people with compromised… read more

In this digital age, scams have grown increasingly high-tech and complex, seeming to evolve at the same rate as communication technology.  Because you never quite know what form a threat to your financial security is going to take, it’s more important than ever to be prepared to identify scams and know what to do if… read more

A week from Saturday, the city of Parma, Ohio will be the site of a Bicycle Safety Day hosted by Cuyahoga Community College.  The event, which will take place on the college’s Western Campus, will see instructors teaching children proper bike safety techniques.  Helmets will be given away and kids can learn how to tell… read more

From Southwestern Law School Alumni News – Robert Glassman, an attorney with the plaintiffs law firm of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, takes a moment from his busy practice to answer a few questions about his journey from law school to law practice and why he continues to support Southwestern as a member of… read more

A recent tragedy in which an individual on a bicycle was killed has cast a light on bike collisions in Berkeley, California.  The city has an 8% bicycle commuter rate among residents, one of the highest such in the entire country, with an attendant 819 bike crashes between 2005 and 2010.  Bicycle boulevards have been… read more

The Children’s of Alabama Patient Safety Educator is offering tips designed to keep children safe when they ride their bicycles.  The first tip, not surprisingly, advised all members of the family to wear helmets, as doing so greatly reduces the risk of an injury.  The helmets should fit appropriately in order to gain the most… read more

Motorcycle accidents in the United Kingdom county of Devon have decreased, and some credit new signs as the reason for the decline in crash rates.  Signs reading BIKER IN YOUR BLINDSPOT? and THINK BIKE have been placed at key places along local roads, and they seem to have had a positive impact.  Between 2010 and… read more

Nearly 800,000 tires are being recalled because of the threat of separation at the edge of the belt/tread.  Uniroyal Laredo HD/H and BF Goodrich Commercial T/A A/S tires are the affected models.  Should separation occur while a vehicle is being driven, the tire would quickly lose air and increase the risk that a crash would… read more

400 Kenta Plus and Kenta child carriers are being recalled throughout Canada and the United States by the Salt Lake City-based Liberty Mountain.  These backpack-esque carriers have a defect wherein a seam in the side strap is in danger of unraveling and leading the component to separate, which would allow the strapped-in kid to slip… read more