2013

The importance of bicycle safety will come into stark relief now that spring has arrived and more and more bikes are seen out on the road.  But with this abundance of cyclists also comes a greater array of dangers.  The Sheriff of Georgia’s Dougherty County is so concerned about the issue that he’s related some… read more

As automobiles become more complex, so do the reasons for recalls.  Today’s modern motor vehicle operates by way of a complicated series of processes interwoven together, and if anything goes wrong with the vehicle’s software or a mechanical component, the results can be disastrous. A new article looks at this phenomenon in greater detail by… read more

The past year has seen 650 recalls of vehicles, child safety seats, and auto equipment, thanks in large part to the efforts of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  17.8 million of the aforementioned types of items were recalled throughout the year, and many of the recalls came on the heels of an investigation into… read more

Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly common all along the roads, and such automobiles are largely seen as a safe and efficient way to get to one’s destination without busting the bank on gas or contributing to the deterioration of the environment.  But there’s one assumedly positive factor that has been increasingly looked upon as a… read more

Even as traffic fatalities decline, there is still some cause for worry among safety advocates.  Distracted driving continues to be a problem, and fatal accident rates have not decreased equally among all methods of transport.  New figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actually show a disconcerting uptick in the number of motorcycle, bicycle,… read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s deputy director, an individual who also spent a large portion of his career at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is leaving the NHTSA to go work for Google.  Because of his experience conducting vehicle safety investigations and developing safety standards for automobiles, he would seem ideally placed for his… read more

We’ve come one step closer to seeing autonomous vehicles on the roads.  The administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently discussed how the organization plans to regulate such vehicles to ensure safety in the future.  The agency has been in discussions with Google in order to arrive at an idea of how regulations… read more

A car dealership in Duluth, Georgia is under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration because it has been alleged that said dealership sold a recalled vehicle.  The Nissan Quest is the vehicle in question.  It was discovered that 2011 and 2012 model years of the vehicle suffer from an issue wherein if they… read more

All this week, the Department of Transportation is attempting to raise awareness about the importance of safe driving among younger demographics through the Congressionally sanctioned National Teen Driver Safety Week.  The event, which is set to run across the country until this coming Saturday, aims to cut down on the approximately 187,000 injuries and nearly… read more

Automobile recalls are issued pretty much on a daily basis.  However, parts installed by the original auto manufacturer aren’t always the only component of a vehicle that can pose a threat to public safety.  As recently evidenced, the parts that are installed in vehicles by repair shops can also endanger the occupants of a vehicle… read more

An entanglement hazard can be posed by seatbelts in the vicinity of children.  A child might grab the seatbelt and wrap it around his or her head, neck, or waist, and if a parent isn’t around to prevent this, tragedy could strike.  The NHTSA wants to make sure the number of injury incidents are reduced… read more

One of the features that come standard on many new vehicles is power windows.  The most high-tech models have technology that can actually detect when an object is in the window’s path, but that’s certainly not the case among all models of vehicles.  Thus, power windows can pose a grave threat to children, which is… read more