Thirty pages deep in a beaten-up vehicle’s owner’s manual, there’s a curious warning about aging airbags. It reads: “To ensure long-term functioning, the system must be inspected 10 years after the date of manufacture as noted on the certification label.” In this case, the manual belongs to a 15-year-old Nissan Altima. Similar warnings recommending airbag …
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In his documentaries, Werner Herzog has examined grizzly bears, plane crash survivors, cave paintings and death row inmates. For his latest project, the 70-year-old filmmaker is exploring the dangers of texting while driving in “From One Second to the Next,” a 35-minute short film that emotionally recounts how lives have been forever changed by the …
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TUNICA, Miss. (AP) – It seemed like a win for everyone involved when a startup car company, backed by political heavyweights, wooed investors with plans to build a massive auto plant in the Mississippi Delta, hire thousands of people and pump out a brand new line of fuel-efficient vehicles. GreenTech Automotive Inc. announced in 2009 …
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A sudden change of pressure that thundered in my eardrums as multiple airbags deployed down the length of the car with the deafening side impact. Before I could even process what was happening, it was over. “This is not happening,” I thought to myself. “I did not just get into an accident in a rental …
Seat belts save lives. Using one is “the single most effective way” drivers can prevent death in a car accident, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the government agency charged with keeping motorists out of harm’s way. Yet when 26 million American children return to their classrooms aboard school buses over the next …
The key to improving safety on the road lies in developing and utilizing new safety technology, the nation’s head of traffic safety said last week. Speaking to a crowd of state and national traffic officials at the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) annual meeting in San Diego, Calif., David Strickland, the head of the National …
For the last few years, as budget-pressured states and municipalities have pressed law-enforcement to write more speeding and traffic tickets, employed speed camerasand battled in court against drivers who warn other drivers about speed traps, there are voices, including those of some police departments, saying higher speed limits would be safer and contribute to our …
When you start calling dealerships about your next new car, consider this: The salesperson at the other end of the line could be a veritable ninja in the use of the phone as a sales tool. Jerry Thibeau, a Rochester, N.Y.-based sales trainer, ought to know. In late 2009, he started a company, Phone-Up Ninjas, …
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Used cars are not brand new cars, buyers must keep this in mind when going for a used car instead of a brand new one. with a flood of used cars hitting the market, analysts expect prices to drop from their unusually high levels seen in recent years, according to The New York Times. During …
Don’t but your car online unless you don’t have any other option. We use the Internet to research and purchase all sorts of products, in UAS, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) isreminding consumers to be wary when buying a car online. Just like that time you tried online dating, appearances aren’t always what they seem. …
