
Honda is one of the leading automotive companies in the world, and despite the horrific downturn within the automotive market in general in recent months, Honda has held strong while other companies have suffered. However, the company took a drastic step today by recalling 440,000 vehicles because of a defect present in the airbag systems. [...]
Continue reading 440,000 Honda Vehicles RecalledMonday, July 13, 2009
Text messaging while driving has become such a serious road safety threat that California passed a law making it illegal back on January 1, 2009. www.dmv.ca.gov/cellularphonelaws Unfortunately, text messaging still remains a menace. One 2009 Sacramento accident involved a truck driver who allegedly caused a three-car accident by text messaging just before rear-ending one car [...]
Continue reading Accident Fatalities: The Threats Posed by Text-MessagingWednesday, July 8, 2009
Safety on buses has always been an issue in terms of safety and legality in the United States, and this is particularly true on commercial bus lines such as Greyhound. The reason is that when bus accidents occur, several people tend to get seriously injured or worse, and one of the reasons is that most [...]
Continue reading Federal Judge in Sacramento Refuses to Dismiss Greyhound LawsuitsSaturday, June 27, 2009
There are many traffic laws that people do not generally follow – passing on the right, speeding and talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device come to mind – and texting while driving is a recent addition to the ‘do nots’ of California driving. However, like the other laws mentioned, people continue to [...]
Continue reading Reason Texting While Driving is Illegal is Reinforced in Morning CrashFriday, June 12, 2009
We have all seen either an accident occur or the immediate aftermath of a crash, and it’s a natural human tendency to slow down and take a look at what’s happening. In common parlance, it’s known as ‘rubber-necking,’ which describes the manner in which drivers will stop or slow down their own vehicles to peer [...]
Continue reading Rubber-necking – Dangerous Activity to AvoidWednesday, June 3, 2009
Driving at night is often more difficult than day driving for several reasons. Not only is visibility much more limited relative to daylight hours, but it seems that more reckless drivers are on the road than at any other point during the day, whether alcohol is involved or not. As such, we all need to [...]
Continue reading Deadly Crash a Reminder for the Need for Defensive DrivingThursday, April 9, 2009
On Saturday, April 4th, 2009, yet another bus crash injured dozens and took the life of an innocent passenger near the Sacramento area. All told, counting the bus driver, two dozen people had to be rushed to various local hospitals. Most of the injured had boarded the bus in Reno to get to their jobs [...]
Continue reading The Increasing Number of California Bus Crash Deaths and Injuries
Friday, July 31, 2009
Auto Safety, Defective Products, Product Recalls