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News•December 15, 2009

Chrysler Group Sets Corporate Policy on Texting While Driving

AUBURN HILLS, MI - Effectively immediately, all Chrysler Group employees are prohibited from texting while driving in company-owned vehicles and texting with company-provided communication devices while driving personal vehicles.

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News•December 15, 2009

Wal-Mart Drivers Get New Trucks for Driving Safely

PLAINVIEW, TX - The Wal-Mart Transportation Division is awarding brand new rigs to drivers who log 3 million miles without being in a preventable accident.

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News•December 15, 2009

Fleet Safety Tips of the Week

These tips, provided by the California Driver Handbook, offer advice on what to do in the event of sudden vehicle trouble. You may want to pass this list along to your fleet drivers as a reminder.

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News•December 15, 2009

Boston Fire Truck in Fatal Crash Had Wrong Brake Parts

BOSTON --- A police investigation of a fatal Boston fire truck crash has found that a Fire Department contractor installed the wrong parts on the ladder truck's brakes several months before the crash.

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News•December 14, 2009

New Features on the New Mercedes-Benz E-class Luxury Sedan

MONTVALE, NJ - Standard safety equipment on the new Mercedes-Benz E-class luxury sedan includes a monitor to tell sleepy drivers to get off the road.

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Products•December 10, 2009

Reda Lock Guard

CHICAGO - Invented by a tradesman who was tired of constantly being locked out of his work van, the Universal Reda Lock Guard is made to fit all round "hockey puck" locks on the market.

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News•December 9, 2009

National Drunk-Driving Crackdown to Begin Dec. 16

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) on Dec. 7 joined the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and law enforcement to launch a national drunk driving crackdown to be held Dec. 16 through Jan. 3.

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News•December 9, 2009

Fleet Safety Tip of the Week

This week's safety tip comes from the manual "What Every Driver Must Know," published by the state of Michigan.

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News•December 9, 2009

Highway Safety Group Elects New Board Members

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety said this week it has elected Bill Martin, a senior vice president of Farmers Insurance, and Joan Claybrook, president emeritus of Public Citizen, as co-chairs of its board of directors.

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News•December 9, 2009

OnStar Helps Nab Suspects in Washington Carjacking

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- With the help of GM's OnStar in-vehicle safety and security system, police last week apprehended two suspects accused of hijacking a vehicle from Julia Corker, the 22-year-old daughter of U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN).

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