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Stories about: safety

Mr. Bear Driver Is a Game That Puts Your Kid in the Co-Pilot’s Seat
Mr. Bear Driver Is a Game That Puts Your Kid in the Co-Pilot’s Seat

17 Aug 2016, 17:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mr. Bear Driver isn't just an excuse to keep your kid happy in the car on long journey. It can help him (and you too) become more aware of road safety

 
GM CEO Mary Barra On Ignition Switch Saga: “A Series of Mistakes Were Made”
GM CEO Mary Barra On Ignition Switch Saga: “A Series of Mistakes Were Made”

16 Aug 2016, 14:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A recent case brought up a video testimony of Mary Barra from 2015, in which the big kahuna of General Motors admits that GM works in mysterious ways

 
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Aces Small Overlap Crash Test
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Aces Small Overlap Crash Test

7 Aug 2016, 07:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Hyundai, that plucky manufacturer from South Korea, had updated the Santa Fe so that it would earn the best rating possible in the IIHS small overlap crash test

 
Can You Steal The Spirit of Ecstasy Off the Nose of a Rolls-Royce?
Can You Steal The Spirit of Ecstasy Off the Nose of a Rolls-Royce?

5 Aug 2016, 18:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The safety feature demonstrated in this piece of footage has an even greater benefit in case of an accident, when you don't have to worry about it

 
California Regulating Lane Splitting
California Regulating Lane Splitting

5 Aug 2016, 13:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A new bill was passed to the Government to address lane splitting legality and create stronger guidelines on how to do it

 
ARC Automotive Investigated Over Airbags That Caused One Death, Two Injuries
ARC Automotive Investigated Over Airbags That Caused One Death, Two Injuries

5 Aug 2016, 13:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Takata Corp. has bitten the dust over the airbag fiasco, the saga continues with another airbag manufacturer called ARC Automotive Inc

 
Researchers Hack Autopilot Software Revealing Massive Potential Backdoor
Researchers Hack Autopilot Software Revealing Massive Potential Backdoor

5 Aug 2016, 11:09 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A joint effort from two universities from the US and China revealed that it is possible to jam the sensors of a semi-autonomous car, making it partially blind

 
Article Calls for the Ban of All SUVs inside Cities After Fatal Pedestrian Crash
Article Calls for the Ban of All SUVs inside Cities After Fatal Pedestrian Crash

1 Aug 2016, 17:33 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / While we do agree that saving lives should be everyone's top priority, there are multiple ways of doing it, and some are just wrong

 
Ford Introduces Blown Ups, The Exact Opposite of Blow Up Dolls
Ford Introduces Blown Ups, The Exact Opposite of Blow Up Dolls

28 Jul 2016, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More or less awkward approach aside, the message being sent out through this campaign is crystal clear: stop fooling around behind the wheel!

 
2017 Hyundai Elantra Crashes Its Way to Top Safety Pick+
2017 Hyundai Elantra Crashes Its Way to Top Safety Pick+

28 Jul 2016, 14:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although the cheapest Elantra available on the U.S. market is $17,150, the safest of the lot will set you back $26,750. Better safe than sorry, though

 
UAE Sees Driverless Cars As Solution To Reducing Traffic Accidents
UAE Sees Driverless Cars As Solution To Reducing Traffic Accidents

25 Jul 2016, 11:36 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The United Arab Emirates are beginning to see autonomous cars as the solution to reducing the number of car accidents that occur on its roads

 
Koenigsegg Explains One:1 Nurburgring Crash, Updates Safety Systems via "Recall"
Koenigsegg Explains One:1 Nurburgring Crash, Updates Safety Systems via "Recall"

21 Jul 2016, 11:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Koenigsegg deserves a round of applause for its attitude towards this incident, so let's get to the details of the story

 
Pokemon Go is Perfectly Safe For Driving
Pokemon Go is Perfectly Safe For Driving

20 Jul 2016, 17:01 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In the same sense that alcohol, drugs, web surfing, texting and eating are things you need to do behind the wheel of your car for a safe driving experience

 
Indian Recalls Over 18000 Motorcycles for Fire Risk
Indian Recalls Over 18000 Motorcycles for Fire Risk

20 Jul 2016, 12:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / More than 18,000 Indian motorcycles are being recalled to fix an issue that overheats the exhaust and increases the fire risk

 
2017 Kia Sorento Crashes Its Way to Earn Top Safety Pick+ Rating
2017 Kia Sorento Crashes Its Way to Earn Top Safety Pick+ Rating

19 Jul 2016, 14:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2017 model year, the Kia Sorento is gifted with more advanced safety features. Thus, the 2017 Kia Sorento is worthy of the THPS+ accolade

 
Maybe It's Time Consumer Reports Asked Nintendo to Disable Pokemon Go
Maybe It's Time Consumer Reports Asked Nintendo to Disable Pokemon Go

19 Jul 2016, 11:18 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A driver is caught on the act playing Pokemon Go while at the wheel of his car, but he was just the unlucky one in a million to get spotted

 
Koenigsegg Confirms Rebuilding One:1 Destroyed in Nurburgring Crash, Driver Safe
Koenigsegg Confirms Rebuilding One:1 Destroyed in Nurburgring Crash, Driver Safe

18 Jul 2016, 20:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The speeding Swedes have plenty of good news for us,from the safety of their driver to the One:1 rebuild quest they've set on

 
Motorcycle Head-on Crash on Mulholland Shows Danger Lurks Every Corner
Motorcycle Head-on Crash on Mulholland Shows Danger Lurks Every Corner

18 Jul 2016, 14:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This video is a reminder that the Mulholland Highway is also frequented by rookie riders who don't know when to take it easy

 
Merging U.S. and EU Safety Regulations Would Save Lots of Money
Merging U.S. and EU Safety Regulations Would Save Lots of Money

14 Jul 2016, 11:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Harmonization or mutual recognition is the only way automakers can save billions of dollars on safety compliance expenses

 
Short Experiment Shows Why Drivers Pull-out in Front of Incoming Bikes
Short Experiment Shows Why Drivers Pull-out in Front of Incoming Bikes

13 Jul 2016, 15:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A car cutting-off an incoming motorcycle is a pretty common scenario that leads to a crash, so here are two explanations for whay this happes