March 30th, 2008
Check for Auto Part Recalls
Please check the NHTSA website. You can also check for safety recalls on tires, child seats, and other vehicle equipment.
Please check the NHTSA website. You can also check for safety recalls on tires, child seats, and other vehicle equipment.
Maryland Senate Bill 276, Maryland Quiet Vehicles and Pedestrian Safety Task Force, forges ahead with a plan to make tomorrow’s roads safe for all pedestrians.
Over the last week or two, there have been an alarming number of reports of hybrids harming the environment.
At least two insurers offer insurance discounts to owners of “hybrid” cars, which combine a battery-powered engine with a traditional gas engine.
I’m off vacation. I’m in a mood, and to read this article this morning just made me allll frustrated. Apparently, the Society of Automotive Engineers is studying available options for warning pedestrians of oncoming cars, but feel the National Federation of the Blind is trying to circumvent their opinions. The wording of a bill recently […]
DH does not like long roadtrips, but he knows how much I do love them, and frankly, driving is a LOT cheaper than traveling by plane. Better for the environment, too, but we already knew that, right? So, we’re leaving Central Iowa (USA) next Sunday at 10 p.m. and hope to be in Orlando by Tuesday morning. Tomorrow is his one day off before the big trip, so do you know what we’ll be doing? Yup. A little car maintenance.
I posted recently about the G-Wiz having undergone tweaking to make it a safer car. A reader called me to task for reporting one-side of the story and I promised I would look into it.
[Note: The facts in this post are currently under review. Look for future posts to decide if the testing done was on the up and up, or if this was a smokescreen used to draw popularity away from electric cars. See comments for more info.]
There’s a misconception about hybrid and electric cars being less […]
If anything kills the hydrogen-fueled car, it will be the public’s perception of safety.
Transport Canada has given the ZENN the National Safety Mark. This means they meet Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and that individual provinces can finally decide whether they can be used on public roads.
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