Saggy Road Surfaces Waste Fuel According to MIT Engineers
30 May 2012, 12:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The problem of road surface sagging has been around since the invention of tarmac and it has been mainly caused by very heavy big rigs digging into the tarmac on hot days, leaving grooves in its sur...
Israeli Government to Outlaw Headphones for Bicyclists and Pedestrians
30 May 2012, 12:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Most younger people fully enjoy listening to music as they ride their bike on the street or simply going for a walk. It gives a new dimension to a simple walk or bike ride, by supplying a user-chose...
2013 Chevrolet Malibu Recall: Unintentional Airbag Deployment
24 May 2012, 14:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Chevrolet Malibu might have received a 2012 Top Safety Pick award from the IIHS, but it’s not completely safe yet. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a ...
Peugeot 208 Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Safety Rating
23 May 2012, 10:03 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Peugeot 208 was included in a lot of cars that have recently been tested by the Euro NCAP, with the French compact receiving a five-star safety rating. The 208 was offered an 88 percent adult oc...
Mazda CX-5 Gets 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
23 May 2012, 09:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Euro NCAP recently tested a new batch of vehicles, among which we can find the Mazda CX-5, with the crossover receiving a five-star safety rating. However, many cars come with this rating nowada...
2012 Hyundai i30 Gets Five-Star Euro NCAP Rating
23 May 2012, 09:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hyundai’s latest hatch, the Golf-rivaling i30 just launched onto the European market, has been given a five-star safety rating by the famous Euro NCAP safety body, after the car performed adeq...
All-New 2013 Acura RDX Awarded "Top Safety Pick" by IIHS
22 May 2012, 08:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The all-new 2013 Acura RDX crossover featured in the Avengers movie is apparently very safe, as the car was just named a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The...
Toyota Prius C and Chevrolet Malibu Eco: IIHS Top Safety Pick
17 May 2012, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has recently offered its Top Safety Pick title to the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, as well as to the 2012 Toyota Prius C. The 2013 Malibu followed ...
Mercedes B-Class and Valente Van Get 5-Star ANCAP Rating
17 May 2012, 13:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) today announced that it has rewarded its maximum 5-star safety rating for 2 Mercedes-Benz models, the B-Class and the Valente van. The B-Class ...
New UK Laws to Make Driving on Drugs a Criminal Offense
16 May 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After more than 3 years of debates and changes, the UK is getting ready to embrace its new ‘drugged driving’ laws. While drug testing is currently done at the police station, cops in the...
NHTSA Probing 2012 Hyundai Elantra for Faulty Airbag
15 May 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With plenty of sales, features, economy and safety on its side, the 2012 Hyundai Elantra seemed unbeatable... until now. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been notified ...
US Youths Still Text While Driving Despite Knowing the Risks
10 May 2012, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the general consensus being that doing, really, anything other than holding the wheel, while driving is bad, especially actions involving taking one’s eyes off the road. As a recent su...
Eating while Driving Deadlier than Using the Phone
7 May 2012, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In an effort to make people aware of the dangers of doing, well, anything while driving, apart from driving, the University of Leeds has recently published a study called “Two Hands Better Tha...
Texting While Driving? Think again!
1 May 2012, 11:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The mobile phone is now omnipresent in our daily lives, and if we could and wanted to, we would attach it to our body and become 'phone-borgs'. At least we’d save ourselves the troub...
Is Wearing Headphones while Driving Legal in the US?
30 Apr 2012, 11:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One tends to see many people driving around while wearing headphones, yet very few people ask themselves whether or not it is legal. The short answer is ‘it depends’ on which state you&r...
IIHS Study: Child Seats too Hard to Install
13 Apr 2012, 12:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), it’s not really your fault for not being able to safely and easily install a child seat. Out of 100 best selling vehicles they l...
2013 Lexus GS Named IIHS Top Safety Pick
6 Apr 2012, 17:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named the 2013 Lexus GS as a Top Safety Pick. This is the third Lexus model in the lineup to earn a score of ‘Good’ in all the crash...
Buick Verano Named IIHS Top Safety Pick
2 Apr 2012, 15:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Buick Verano has been name 2012 Top Safety Pick by the American nsurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This means that all cars built by the GM brand now come with a full bill of health f...
2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Named IIHS Top Safety Pick
16 Mar 2012, 12:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is an interesting little crossover with more character in a compact package than the full-sizzed Outlander. Despite not having the financial might of GM or Volkswagen...
1.9 Million Ford and Mercury Vehicles Investigated by NHTSA
13 Mar 2012, 16:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Association has concluded that at least 1.92 million cars under the Ford and Mercury badge could suffer from the same problem faced by the 2005 and 2006 model yea...