Category : Motor Vehicle Accidents

NHTSA Introduces New Older Child-Sized Crash Test Dummy

The 5-member crash test dummy family of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently welcomed a new addition.  A new child-sized crash test dummy representing a 10-year-old kid has been added to the family in order to help the agency determine the safety of booster seats manufactured for children of this age group.

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Hybrids Offer Better Vehicle Safety Standards than Non-Hybrids

Driving a hybrid vehicle is more than just environment friendly.  A new study by the Insurance Institute Highway Safety shows that these cars provide better vehicle safety standards and protect occupants in accidents much better than conventional vehicles do.

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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: Safer Design Reduces Risk of Death to Other Motorists in SUV Accidents

 

When an SUV or pickup truck is involved in an accident with another vehicle, the occupants of the other vehicle are at a much higher risk of being killed.  However, those risks to occupants of other vehicles have been declining.  Los Angeles car accident lawyers have found that safer design has made these accidents much less dangerous.

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Automatic Braking Systems Might Reduce Low-Speed Rear End Crashes

Vehicles equipped with Volvo’s automatic braking system are involved in fewer low-speed accidents, than those vehicles that are not equipped with these systems.  A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety explores another technology that promises to reduce the risk of accidents and keep motorists safer.

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Talking Cars Could Reduce The Risk of Car Accidents by As Much As 40%

There’s been a lot of progress on the auto safety front over the past decade, and Los Angeles auto accident attorneys are very pleased to see that new barriers are being broken in the quest to keep motorists safer in accidents every year.  Now, scientists claim that they’ve developed software that will allow vehicles to communicate with each other, thereby reducing the risk of car accident.

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Teen Driver Bill Would Reduce Accidents

A new bill that seeks to set a national standard for teens seeking a driver’s license would go a long way in minimizing the number of accidents involving teen drivers every year.  The new teen driver bill has just been introduced in the U.S. Congress, and is called the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act.

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NHTSA Data Indicates Increase in Traffic Accident Deaths Involving Male Baby Boomers

Data from the federal administration indicates that traffic accident fatalities among male baby boomers have increased between 2000 and 2009.  Further, the data also suggests that there has been an increase in the number of DUI accident fatalities during this period of time among both male and female baby boomers.

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Red Light Violations Major Factor in Accidents in California

Every year, thousands of people are killed or seriously injured in accidents caused because one of the drivers ran the red light.  The week from 1 August to 7 August, is being marked as National Stop on Red week around the country. This is an attempt to decrease the number of red light violations in California.

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Does Accident Prevention Technology Help?

With all the new accident prevention technology coming out, are we distracting ourselves more than helping ourselves? The focus on distracted driving accidents has meant technology companies have been on overdrive, developing systems that allow drivers to continue to stay in touch while driving, with lower distraction levels.  The most common of these systems are voice-activated technologies that allow motorists to read text messages and respond, as well as respond to phone calls without having to use their hands.  But whether these technologies actually prevent accidents is a moot point.  California car accident attorneys have reason to believe that preventing distracted accidents is not as simple as using a voice-activated system.

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Serious Road Accident in La Mesa Due to Road Debris

Last week, the California car accident attorneys at the Reeves Law Group had blogged about the Serious Road Accident risks every year from road debris.  Over the weekend, another serious accident in California was traced to a piece of road debris that caught a motorist unawares.

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