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When the average person sees safety tests referenced in a car commercial, they most likely think first of crash test dummies (no, not these ones). But what else are car manufacturers using to test vehicle restraints?
In the wake of Toyota recalls, concern over safety has become more and more prevalent in the American auto industry. [...]
You may not have blinked when the Virginia State Police announced another Air, Land and Speed enforcement operation last weekend, but if you were one of the 4,016 travelers issued a violation, it may be another story.
This was the fifth Air, Land and Speed operation of 2010. State police targeted Interstates 64 and 66, [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (which covers California, Arizona, Oregon, and a few other western states) just ruled that the government was not in the wrong when the Drug Enforcement Administration planted a GPS tracking device on a suspect Juan Pineda-Moreno’s Jeep without a search warrant. The Jeep was parked in [...]
For those sickened or or killed in one of last year’s salmonella outbreaks, a federal judge is recommending a settlement of $12 million.
In January 2009, an open container of peanut butter in a Minnesota hospital was found to contain a strain of salmonella. The peanut butter was traced to plants owned by the Lynchburg-based [...]
As hundreds of college students use Virginia highways to move back to school this weekend, the Virginia State Police will be increasing patrols along I-64 and I-66 in order to make things go smoothly.
The two day initiative is part of the state’s continuing traffic-safety program, Operation Air, Land and Speed.
“This weekend was specifically [...]
Everyone hates paying tow truck fees. Your car already has costly damage to the point that it needs to be towed, and now you have to pay someone else on top of that.
Of course, saying you were held at gunpoint isn’t necessarily the best way to get out of that. Beau Heyser, of Helena, [...]
Circus World and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling all Levana Wireless Video Baby Monitors due to hazards associated with overheating.
The recall was issued due to a potential fire hazard with the product: wires inside the monitor can overheat and burn. About 800 (Model LV-TW300) were sold in the United States. Consumers [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported earlier this year that most of the “black boxes” collected in the vehicles pointed to user error.
Today, the NHTSA submitted the report to Congress, including a breakdown of exactly what they found in the 58 electronic data recorders.
Of the 58 cases studied:
35 recorders show that no brake [...]
Many pedestrian accident victims have problems remembering when and where they were hit due to shock when they first wake up in the hospital.
Zoe Wiseman, however, had a pretty big clue: a ticket for jaywalking issued by the Metropolitan Police Department. Hospital staff told Zoe that it arrived with her in the ambulance.
The [...]
While many are still without power (as of Friday, more than 17,000 Virginia residents were), other area residents are beginning to resume their normal schedule in the wake of storms.
But before getting on the roads, be sure to watch out for downed power lines. There have already been reports of several road closures for felled [...]
