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Law to reduce back-over deaths passed, delayed
It was just over a year ago that 2-year-old Autumn Danchanko was killed when she was run over by a truck in her family's driveway.
Car Backup Safety
After his 2-year-old sister died in a 2010 accident at a Helena residence, Nathan Dahlen knew how he wanted to help his community while completing his Eagle Scout project.
Advocates Hope Letters to Obama Will Put Rear-View Cameras in All Cars
A regulation that would require vehicles to have rear-view cameras to minimize the chances of a driver running over pedestrians — particularly small children — has had its implementation delayed three times, most recently on December 31, 2012. Now an organization that sponsored the law is hoping that an emotion-laden letter campaign to President Obama might be the push the measure needs.
Drivers back stronger belt reminders; European systems could be model
How to turn part-time belt users into full-time users is an issue that has dogged policymakers for many years. Even though belt use is at a record 86 percent, more than half of the people who die in passenger vehicle crashes each year are unbelted. Last year's passage of the federal highway reauthorization bill opens the door wider for technological solutions to the problem.
Delays litter long road to vehicle rearview rules
In the private hell of a mother's grief, the sounds come back to Judy Neiman. The SUV door slamming. The slight bump as she backed up in the bank parking lot. The emergency room doctor's sobs as he said her 9-year-old daughter Sydnee, who previously had survived four open heart surgeries, would not make it this time.
