New Mazda 3 Gets Five Stars at Euro NCAP
25 Nov 2009, 14:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mazda announced today that the new Mazda 3 has been awarded five stars by the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP). The result is even more impressive since in 2009, Euro NCAP implement...
TRW Launches New Airbag Control Unit
25 Nov 2009, 09:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive supplier TRW released details on its newly-developed Airbag Control Unit which allows the integration of a range of pre-crash occupant safety functions as well as inertial sensors for sta...
Global Road Safety Initiative, Phase Two
23 Nov 2009, 15:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four automotive companies, Chevrolet, Michelin, Renault and Shell, have decided to partner in the second phase of the Global Road Safety Initiative (GRSI), the biggest endeavor taken by private enti...
5 Subarus, 5 Top Safety Picks
19 Nov 2009, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Subaru managed a not-so-easy task, as it has a car in every category of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick. The carmaker's Legacy (Liberty), Out...
Summit on Road Safety to Adopt Decade of Action
19 Nov 2009, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first ever Global Ministerial Summit on Road Safety will meet this week in Moscow, after it received the UN approval back in April 2008. The summit's main goal is to create the framework re...
Chrysler Pleased with 4 IIHS Tops Safety Picks
19 Nov 2009, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you yesterday, among the 27 winners of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Picks, 4 belonged to American carmaker Chrysler. The four are the 2010 Jeep Patriot, 2010 Chry...
2010 Buick LaCrosse Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick
18 Nov 2009, 11:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The star of GM's Buick line, the LaCrosee, has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top safety Pick after it achieved a “good” rating in the four-crash simulat...
Toyota to Spend $5 Billion to Replace Accelerator Pedals
18 Nov 2009, 10:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is far from finding a solution for its biggest recall ever. After trying to start a recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Japanese manufacturer might aft...
2010 IIHS Top Safety Pick Winners
18 Nov 2009, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Institute for Highway Safety completed crash tests for the 2010 Top Safety Pick of the Year and handed the award to no less than 19 cars and 8 SUVs. For the first time in the history of IIHS, a ...
2010 Chevrolet Malibu Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick
18 Nov 2009, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named today the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu as one of its Top Safety Picks. The Malibu thus joins the Buick LaCrosse, who managed the same feat in the last set o...
IIHS Applauds Ford's Inflatable Belts
12 Nov 2009, 11:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford last week introduced the industry's first inflatable seatbelts for rear passengers, a combination of regular seatbelts and airbags meant to enhance safety in case of accidents. The Insuran...
Pedestrians Should Avoid Walking in Florida, Report Shows
10 Nov 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Those of you who enjoy taking long walks, should avoid doing so in the state of Florida, as a new report from Transportation For America (T4) shows. Apparently, the Orlando, Tampa, Miami and Jackson...
Pennsylvania to Pass Text Messaging Law
10 Nov 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having witnessing a worrying boom in drivers who text while driving, more and more US states have began adopting legislation banning this dangerous habit. Until now, 18 states and the District of Co...
2010 Subaru Legacy Rated "Acceptable" for Bumper Protection
10 Nov 2009, 09:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently conducted a new series of tests and concluded that the 2010 Subaru Legacy is one of the most advanced models on the market when it comes to its bu...
Fire Services Get Daimler Training
9 Nov 2009, 13:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German fire services have been provided with several training practice sessions by Daimler to learn how to apply a variety of rescue options with the aid of the very latest models. The carmaker also...
Ford Debuts Rear Inflatable Seat Belts
6 Nov 2009, 07:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford has just announced the industry's first-ever production inflatable seat belts, which are some sort of a combination between traditional seat belts and airbags. Basically, they are meant to...
NHTSA Goes at War with Toyota
5 Nov 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) publicly expressed their position on Japanese carmaker's Toyota floor mat problem, accusing it of providing inaccurate and misleading ...
KidsAndCars Release New Power Windows Victims Survey Data
3 Nov 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As promised at the end of October, safety organization KidsAndCars released yesterday data obtained during their latest survey regarding injuries to occupants in vehicles equipped with power window...
Toyota Urges Consumers to Remove Floor Mats
30 Oct 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota is still looking at ways to resolve its largest recall ever but before finding a final resolution on the matter it urged all owners of the affected models to remove the floor mats from their ...
KidsAndCars Warns of Power Windows Menace
27 Oct 2009, 13:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you are the lucky owner of a power-window fitted vehicle, than you most surely were at one point the unlucky owner of some swollen fingers. There is just about no one we know who at one point did...