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News•April 18, 2011

Hyundai Equus Earns 2011 Top Safety Pick Award

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA – The IIHS has rated the 2011 Hyundai Equus with top ratings in the Institute's safety evaluations, qualifying the vehicle as a Top Safety Pick.

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News•April 18, 2011

USAA Reduces Operating Costs by 14 Percent, Improves Driver Safety

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Financial services provider USAA reduced its costs significantly over the last two years, by 14 percent in 2009 and 2010.

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News•April 15, 2011

Virginia Tech and OnStar Partner on In-Vehicle Navigation Study

DETROIT – Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and OnStar partnered to conduct a study that found voice-based telematics systems are a safer form of in-vehicle navigation.

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News•April 13, 2011

Fleet Safety Tip of the Week

This week's advice, taken from the California Driver Handbook, concerns how to share the road safely with bicyclists.

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News•April 13, 2011

Ford Refining Computer Crash Testing

DEARBORN, MI - Ford is beginning research into one of the world's first digital human child body models. Such a model could someday serve as a digital dummy for computer crash testing aimed at improving research of future safety technologies, the automaker said.

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News•April 13, 2011

Ford's Rear Inflatable Seat Belts Garner Edison Awards Gold

NEW YORK - During the 2011 Edison Awards ceremony April 5, Ford Motor Co. received three Gold Awards and one Silver Award for the automaker's MyKey, MyFord Touch, Rear Inflatable Seat Belts and SYNC AppLink, respectively.

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News•April 13, 2011

OnStar: L.A. No. 1 in Good Samaritan Calls

DETROIT - The bad news is that residents of Los Angeles County spend an estimated four days a year stuck in traffic. The good news is drivers are helping each other when they are in need. According to OnStar, the "City of Angels" ranked No. 1 in Good Samaritan calls last year, proving that L.A. drivers are living up to the city's nickname.

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News•April 13, 2011

Traffic Fatalities in 2010 Dropped to Record Low

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that the number and rate of traffic fatalities in 2010 fell to the lowest levels since 1949, despite a significant increase in the number of miles Americans drove during the year.

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News•April 13, 2011

Digital Ally Commences Shipments of New DVM-250 Digital Event Recorder

Digital Ally, Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets advanced video surveillance products for law enforcement, homeland security and commercial security applications, announced that it has begun production of and received an initial order for 65 of its new DVM-250 Digital Event Recorders from one of the largest ambulance service providers in the United States.

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News•April 13, 2011

StarTrans Recalling 2,130 Transit Buses

WASHINGTON - StarTrans is recalling 2,130 model-year 2006-2010 transit buses equipped with Carrier Gen V EM-1 evaporator units. There is a potential fire risk, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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