News agencies reported that Autoliv Inc, a global leader in automotive safety systems and concepts, recently developed a new seatbelt system that adds a 2-point belt to the common 3-point system, so that both occupant shoulders are restrained. The commonly used 3-point seatbelt systems are extremely efficient in the majority of head-on accidents at reducing …
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New Seatbelt System Enhances Safety
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Consumer Groups Call for Rental Car Repair Regulation
Posted May 4th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury Lawyer With | Comments OffMedia sources reported that Consumer Advocacy Groups like Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety are pushing for further regulation of the rental car industry after incidents of the companies renting unrepaired, recalled vehicles to consumers surfaced. Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety issued a letter to rental-car giant Enterprise recently that asks the company not …
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All New Hyundai Vehicles to Include Brake Override
Posted May 4th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury Lawyer With | Comments OffNews sources reported that global auto manufacturer Hyundai is planning to include smart-throttle technology, otherwise known as brake override, in every new vehicle the company produces starting in May of this year. The decision to include this technology comes in the wake of other car manufacturers experiencing a mass of sudden unintended acceleration issues, most …
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New PennDOT Manual Teaches Amish Buggies, Cars to Coexist
Posted May 1st, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury Lawyer With | Comments OffNews agencies that, in the wake of a hit-and-run accident involving an Amish horse-drawn buggy and a motor vehicle over the weekend, the Pennsylvania State Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has penned the Horse and Buggy Driver’s Manual to teach Amish drivers how to safely share the roads with motor vehicles. Coordinator and Traffic Safety Specialist …
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The Duality of Emotions for Distracted Driving Regulation
Posted Apr 30th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Distracted Driving With | Comments OffMedia sources reported that there is a significant disconnect between what drivers believe is dangerous while driving and what they actually do while driving. And while some believe it’s up to industry to solve the distracted driving problem, others claim that it isn’t real at all. According to a survey conducted by the AAA Foundation …
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Industry Seeks to Reinvent Airbag Deployment
Posted Apr 30th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury Lawyer With | Comments OffNews agencies reported that PATEV Associates announced the launch of the “Better Airbags” program, aimed at designing an adaptive airbag system based off of a cold gas generator, instead of the explosives that deploy current airbags. Basic airbag design has seen little innovation in the past 3 decades. A pyrotechnic explosion, capable of causing bodily …
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Google, Automakers Working to Develop Automated Cars
Posted Apr 25th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury Lawyer With | Comments OffNews agencies reported that the search engine giant Google, Inc is working closely with automakers to develop the technology for self-driving vehicles to be released in the next few years. Google project manager Anthony Levandowski stated, “The most important thing computers can do in the next 10 years is drive a car. We don’t know …
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2012 Trailers Recalled Due to Crash Hazard
Posted Apr 24th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Product Liability, Product Recall With | Comments OffIn a press statement, PJ Trailers, in conjunction with and in accordance with the rules and guidelines of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), announced the voluntary recall of certain model year 2012 trailers due to an issue with the braking system that increases the risk of being involved in an accident for …
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Mood-Sensing Technology to Adjust Safe Response Alerts
Posted Apr 24th, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury Lawyer With | Comments OffNews outlets reported that the Toyota Motor Corporation is currently developing a mood-sensing electronics system that can interpret the emotions of the driver and adjust safety response alert times to coincide with their mood. According to research that the company has conducted, sad and angry drivers can be more distracted than emotionally neutral drivers and …
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Enforcement of Anti-Texting Law Proves Difficult
Posted Apr 23rd, 2012 By Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer in Car Accident Lawyer, Car Safety, Personal Injury With | Comments OffNews outlets reported that many experts say that, since banning texting-while-driving about a month ago, the enforcement of the law has proven to be more difficult than initially believed. According to Northeastern Regional Police Chief Bryan Rizzo, it’s difficult for officers to determine whether a driver is texting or dialing a phone number, which is …
