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News•July 9, 2008

Copart Opens New Facility in Arkansas

FAIRFIELD, CA --- Copart Inc., a leader in remarketing services for salvage vehicles, has opened a new 20-acre facility in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

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News•July 8, 2008

Government Announces Changes to Vehicle Safety Rating Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters on Tuesday, July 8, unveiled a new plan to improve the federal government's automobile crash tests and strengthen its five-star vehicle safety rating system.

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News•July 8, 2008

Investigators: Confusing Signs Contributed to Atlanta Bus Crash

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- National Transportation Safety Board investigators have concluded that confusing highway signs contributed to last year's Atlanta bus collision that killed five Bluffton University baseball players.

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News•July 8, 2008

Calif. Bill Seeks to Combat Part Switching at Body Shops

SACRAMENTO, CA --- California legislators are considering a bill aimed at preventing body shops from "part switching," a practice in which a repairer charges a customer or insurer for an auto part that's never actually installed on the vehicle.

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News•July 8, 2008

Pennsylvania to Spend $365 Million on Bridge Repair

HARRISBURG, PA --- In order to address safety concerns, the state of Pennsylvania plans to borrow $365 million to make its highway bridges more structurally sound.

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News•July 8, 2008

Nuance Study Confirms Safety Benefits of In-Vehicle Voice Recognition Technology

BURLINGTON, MA --- Nuance Communications Inc., a leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, released the results of a study that measures the safety benefits and response times when people use speech recognition to control their in-car systems.

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News•July 8, 2008

LoJack Assists Las Vegas Police in Nabbing Motorcycle Theft Suspects

WESTWOOD, MA --- In less than 48 hours, LoJack Corp.'s LoJack For Motorcycles was instrumental in helping Las Vegas police and the Southern Nevada Auto Theft Task Force break up two theft rings June 14-16.

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News•July 7, 2008

Turn Signal Usage Becomes Automatic with Smart Intelliturn System

DAYTON, OH --- RLP Engineering announced an enhancement to its existing Intelliturn smart turn signal system that now includes an automatic turn-on function.

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News•July 7, 2008

GreenRoad Technologies Partners With SafetyFirst

REDWOOD SHORES, CA --- GreenRoad Technologies, a leader in driver safety technologies, announced it has formed a strategic partnership with SafetyFirst, a company devoted to reducing commercial auto collisions.

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News•July 2, 2008

XM Traffic Service to Be Available on 2009 Porsche Cayenne

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- XM satellite radio announced that its XM NavTraffic service will be available as a factory-installed feature on the new 2009 Porsche Cayenne.

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