According to statistics complied by Kids and Cars, an advocacy group promoting child safety in and around vehicles, 213 documented child fatalities have occurred this year due to non-traffic incidences, a twenty nine percent increase since 2004. Read More »
Vehicle Pollution Linked To Respiratory Illness In Children
Recent findings from a study by USC Keck School of Medicine indicate that the closer children live to freeways, the higher their risk of asthma. The findings are consistent with the Help California Breathe Easier public awareness campaign, which emphasizes the link between vehicle-produced air pollution and negative health effects, especially respiratory illness in children. Read More »
SUVs No Safer than Passenger Cars for Children, New Study Finds
New research from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, shows that children riding in SUVs have similar injury risks to children who ride in passenger cars. The study, published today in the journal Pediatrics, found that an SUV's increased risk of rolling over during a crash offset the safety benefits associated with larger, heavier-weight vehicles. Read More »
Taste Of Lexus Safety Seminar
The Taste of Lexus Safety Seminar gives both automotive journalists and consumers the opportunity - and know-how -- to drive "it" like they mean it. Read More »
Parking Intense Holiday Sport
It's the most competitive sport you'll ever participate in. It's not football, baseball or boxing. It's trying to find a parking spot at the mall on a Saturday afternoon in December. Read More »
New Safety Mandates Included In Highway Bill
Two years of work culminated in Congressional passage of a bill (HR 3) to fund highway construction and public transportation through fiscal year 2009. President Bush is expected to sign the bill into law. Read More »
State Police Offer Tips for Safe Holiday Driving
14 Died in Crashes Investigated by PSP During Last Year's Memorial Day Period Read More »
Drive Safer America! Offers Tips for Summer Driving Safety
Continental Automotive Systems today offered motorists reminders for safer and more enjoyable driving during the heavily traveled summer months, with safety belt use number one on the list. Read More »
Deadly Mistakes
75% of Temperature Rise Occurs Within 5 Minutes of Closing the Car and Leaving it Read More »
A Warning to Consumers About Hydrocarbon Refrigerants
LANSDALE, Pennsylvania -- Vehicle manufacturers, automotive parts suppliers, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other organizations are warning car and truck owners to avoid the use of flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants, which are being marketed on the Internet, at flea markets and swap meets, and in some service shops, but are not authorized for this use. Read More »
