Seatbelt usage across the U.S. averages 66% in the front seat, but rear seat passengers use safety belts only one-third of the time according to the Air Bag Safety Campaign. Ironically, the rear seat offers the highest level of safety in a crash and the most protection, but only if passengers are wearing a lap […]
Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
All Terrain Vehicles: Deaths and Injuries to Children
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s latest estimates, from December 30, 1987 to the end of 1991, there were more than 1033 deaths and 224,500 injuries from all ATVs. Almost 40% of the victims have been, and will continue to be, children under 16. During this period approximately 415 children died and 90,000 were […]
Rollovers: Death, Brain Damage and Quadriplegia – The Failure and the Fault of Roof “Standards”
The failure of the roof of a car or truck is the most likely failure to cause death or permanent injury and the roof is, without doubt, the least crashworthy part of a vehicle. In fact, roofs are so soft that when test dropped upside-down a mere 12 inches the result is total crush that […]
Motorcycle Lane-Splitting Officially Legal in California
Californians have long been accustomed to motorcyclists riding between lanes of traffic, bobbing and weaving through lines of cars, whether stopped or moving. The term used to describe this practice is “lane-splitting.” But did you know that until recently, lane-splitting was not explicitly allowed under California law? California is the only state that allows motorcycle […]
Faulty GM Switch Test Lawsuits Settled by GM
Automaker General Motors has settled the last of the test cases over its faulty ignition switches. More than 124 deaths and nearly 300 injuries have been linked to the defective switches, which can slip out of place, stalling major systems and causing a crash. GM received so many lawsuits over the faulty part that six […]
