Ford, Honda, VW dominate 2009 'Top Safety Picks'
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| 2008 | 11/27/2008 |
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Amid the doom and gloom of the auto industry, here's one bright spot: if you're shopping for a new car or truck, it's easier to find a vehicle that's tops in safety. Seventy-two vehicles have been named 'Top Safety Picks' by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. That's more than twice the number of 2008 recipients and more than 3 times the number of 2007 winners. |
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California to put brakes on text-messaging
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| 2008 | 10/21/2008 |
| Effective Jan. 1, 2009, California will join six other states (Alaska, Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Washington) in banning text messaging by all drivers. |
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Campaign aims to put the brakes on red light running
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| 2008 | 8/3/2008 |
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Natalie Reyes wishes more people could have known her best friend, Andrea Taylor. But the world won‘t get to meet Andrea or listen to the accomplished young musician play the double cello, bass guitar and keyboard. |
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In 'hands-free' cell phone areas, having an EGO can help
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| 2008 | 7/18/2008 |
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I've driven street and race cars at triple-digit speeds at superspeedways, tested cars and tires on road courses and photographed professional off-road and drifting competitions where cars and trucks are hurtling past, just feet from the end of our lenses. |
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Teen drivers get an edge in real-world survival skills
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| 2008 | 4/26/2008 |
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PlayStation seat-time only goes so far.
In the real world, sheet metal is crumpled. Bodies get bloodied. Some young drivers don't come home. In fact, a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that drivers under 18 stand the most chance of being involved in car crashes. |
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Street-racing deaths could have been prevented
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| 2008 | 2/26/2008 |
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The street racing accident that claimed eight lives in Prince George's County, Maryland last Saturday hit close to home. I grew up in the D.C. Metropolitan area and used to travel down Route 210 with either my dad or other relatives to watch, and sometimes participate in, street racing. |
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'Stupid to street race,' SEMA executive says
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| 2008 | 2/26/2008 |
| The 'need for speed' -- or at least the dreams of it -- gave birth to a multifaceted automotive aftermarket industry that today represents hundreds of billions of sales and payrolls dollars. |
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4 DRIVING SKILLS THAT COULD SAVE A TEEN'S LIFE
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| 2008 | 1/3/2008 |
| Vehicle crashes are the No. 1 killer of teen-agers in America, claiming 7,000 drivers annually between the ages of 16 and 20. Because of inexperience, many teens lack the skills and knowledge required to be safe drivers. |
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Shoppers will be seeing stars
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| 2007 | 9/5/2007 |
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New car shoppers will spot something new on those Moroney stickers. The government's
'star' safety ratings are required on the window stickers of all 2008 passenger vehicles sold in the United States. |
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Three large cars for drivers shopping safety
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| 2007 | 9/3/2007 |
| The Acura RL, Kia Amanti and Volvo S80 were the top performers in side-impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. But three other well-known names didn't as well. |
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