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New research from SambaSafety finds significant differences in speeding rates across fleet industries, even as nearly 90% of surveyed fleets report using telematics.
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WASHINGTON - ALPS Electric Co. has informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that more than 12,700 airbag clock springs the company manufactured and sold to Volvo Cars and Jaguar Land Rover as original equipment is defective, the agency reported. As a result, Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover will notify affected vehicle owners, and dealers will provide the necessary repairs free of charge.
Read More →WASHINGTON - General Motors Corp. is recalling nearly 96,000 MY 2005-2007 Cadillac CTS vehicles because of a potential airbag problem.
Read More →WASHINGTON - General Motors is recalling 1,262 MY 2011 Cadillac Escalade EXT, Chevrolet Avalanche, Chevrolet Silverado LD and GMC Sierra LD vehicles because of a potential defect that could impact vehicle directional control, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Read More →ROANOKE, VA - In the latest sign of how "pay as you drive" programs using telematics are changing the auto insurance industry, Allstate Insurance Co. has launched a new voluntary program called Drive Wise. The program uses a monitoring device to reward safe and low-mileage Illinois drivers with discounts of up to 30 percent.
Read More →PORTAGE, MI - A drunken driving case in Portage, Mich., involving a Coloma Community Schools bus driver, is providing a national spotlight on the issue of commercial driver background checks and procedures.
Read More →HERNDON, VA - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) chose three Audi models - the Audi A3, Audi A4 and Audi Q5 - as 2011 TOP SAFETY PICK winners.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI - Ford safety engineers in the U.S. and Germany crash tested the new 2012 Ford Focus more than 12,000 times in real and virtual worlds to prove out new technologies designed to protect occupants in crashes, Ford Motor Co. said.
Read More →WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood announced that Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million in civil penalties as the result of two separate investigations into the automaker's handling of auto recalls.
Read More →Sixty-six vehicles have drawn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2011, including 40 cars, 25 SUVs and a minivan. Hyundai/Kia and Volkswagen/Audi each have nine winners for 2011.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation last week kicked off the annual "Drunk Driving. Over The Limit. Under Arrest" winter holiday crackdown involving thousands of law enforcement agencies across the nation. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood also highlighted the new "No Refusal" strategy that a number of states are employing to put a stop to drunk driving.
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