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News•September 8, 2011

CA Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Raised 'Texting While Driving' Fines

SACRAMENTO, CA - The bill would have increased the fine for a first hands-free or texting while driving offense to $50 and to $100 for subsequent offenses.

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News•September 1, 2011

Allstate Report Shows Cities With Highest and Lowest Collision Frequency

NORTHBROOK, IL - The safest city in the U.S. is Fort Collins, Colo., where the average driver experiences an auto collision every 14 years, compared to the national average of 10 years.

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News•August 31, 2011

Chevrolet’s New Small Car Draws Top Safety Rating in Europe

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND -- The new Chevrolet Aveo hatchback, which will be sold as the Chevrolet Sonic in North America beginning this fall, received a top five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (EuroNCAP).

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News•August 31, 2011

Fleet Safety Tip of the Week

In light of post-Irene flooding, now is a good time to review what steps a motorist should take when a vehicle suddenly becomes submerged.

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News•August 31, 2011

Chrysler Academy Offering Car Maintenance Class

AUBURN HILLS, MI – “Maintaining Today's Cars,” a workshop of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Mich., is slated for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24.

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News•August 31, 2011

UM Transportation Research Institute Wins Connected Vehicle Contract

ANN ARBOR, MI --
 The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has been awarded a $14.9 million contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to conduct a safety pilot model deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) safety applications.

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News•August 31, 2011

DOT Campaign Targets Late-Night/Early-Morning Drunk Driving

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Aug. 29 marked its annual enforcement crackdown and the launch of a nationwide, multi-year advertising campaign aimed at getting drunk drivers off the road: "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over."

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News•August 31, 2011

BMW to Recall MY 2009 X5 xDrive35d

WASHINGTON – BMW of North America LLC is recalling 2,120 model-year 2009 X5 xDrive35d vehicles equipped with a diesel engine and manufactured from Oct. 1, 2008 through June 12, 2009.

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News•August 31, 2011

OnStar Adds Navigation Function to RemoteLink Mobile App

DETROIT – OnStar introduced a navigation enhancement to its RemoteLink mobile app that allows subscribers to search on a smartphone for a destination and then send it directly to their vehicle where the route can be accessed audibly through OnStar Turn-by-Turn or via an in-dash navigation system.

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News•August 31, 2011

Four New York Motor Vehicle Inspectors Face Felony Charges

NEW YORK – Four New York City motor vehicle inspectors on Aug. 30 were arrested and accused of issuing more than 7,000 fraudulent inspection certificates to untested vehicles. The arrests followed an undercover investigation conducted by the New York Attorney General’s Office, the DMV and Department of Environmental Conservation.

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