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The U.S. needs to move forward on rear-seat safety belts
Safety advocates have sued the U.S. Department of Transportation to force action on a standard that would require automakers to include seat belt reminders for rear-seat passengers. Congress said the rule was supposed to have been issued by October 2015. In this photo, emergency personnel attend to a fatal crash Aug. 4, 2015, in the Boyds area of Montgomery County. A Clarksburg woman died after she was thrown from a vehicle in the crash. (Montgomery County Fire Department)
Think It Can’t Happen to You … Think Again!
KEYLESS IGNITIONS MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO DEATHS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
General Motors Quietly Installs Keyless Engine Shutoff
The Preliminary Information technical bulletins to GM service technicians inform them that “Some customers may comment that the engine stops running after extended idle with shifter in Park.” No repair is required, the bulletin states – just educate the customer about the existence of the extended parking feature. So, customers didn’t know, the dealership techs didn’t know, GM’s Safety and Field Action Decision Authority apparently didn’t know. And what does NHTSA know about this? If they’ve been paying attention, they know from the TSBs that GM filed with the agency How many other automakers have secretly added this countermeasure?
New regulations at Florida child care facilities hope to cut down on hot car deaths
Leaving a child in a hot car may seem like something no parent could ever do. But it happens. And the results are often deadly. According to the Department of Children and Families, the problem of kids being left in hot vehicles occurs accidently when a parent changes their routine. "Hot car deaths are a problem, maybe even an epidemic especially in our state. It’s something we are all concerned about," said Will Anderson, a father of two young girls. On Wednesday, police say a child died after being left inside a hot car at a Miami shopping plaza. Witnesses say the child's mother works nearby and forgot her child in the car.
