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If you consider an engine stalling to be “unintended deceleration,” then Toyota has really come full circle, hasn’t it?
Officials this morning announced that while they had not yet alerted US safety regulators officially, it’s possible they will recall one Toyota and seven Lexus models for possible engine stall while driving. The recall would affect 270,000 [...]
Of the laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly in 2010, almost 900 take effect today, July 1.
Among these:
New Speed Limits
After conducting traffic engineering studies, the Virginia Department of Transportation can now raise the speed limit from 65 to 70 mph on interstates and other highways. The only change thus far will be raising [...]
Last July, Pawandeep Singh of Reston was driving his Peterbilt tractor-trailer down I-81 through Shenadoah County.
When traffic backed up due to another crash on the road ahead, Singh was caught not paying attention, and rear-ended the Honda ahead of him. The car, driven by a pair of brothers in their early twenties from Houston, [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Suntech Enterprises announce the recall of about 8,400 baby walkers.
This is a voluntary recall following new rules issued by the CPSC in May 2010. The rule, effective December 21, 2010, states that walkers will be required to either have features, like a gripping mechanism, to stop the [...]
The FDA announced recalls of Mcneil Consumer Healthcare products, including Tylenol and Benadryl.
These products are being recalled as they were inadvertently omitted from the initial recall in January.
Both products were sold over the counter. The specific units included:
Benadryl Allergy Ultratab Tablets (100 count)
Extra Strength Tylenol Rapid Release Gels (50 count)
If you purchased either [...]
A young Loudoun boy is expected to make full recovery after falling from a third story window earlier this week.
The six-year-old leaned against a window screen while visiting a friend’s house. The screen was pushed out of the window frame and the child fell through the window.
He was then airlifted to INOVA Fairfax [...]
Researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical school recently showed some not-so-shocking, yet interesting statistics regarding teen driver safety—when high schools start too early, teens are more likely to crash their cars on the way there.
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The study compared teen accident rates between Virginia Beach and [...]
IKEA follows up a 2008 recall, adding an additional 3.4 million Roman, roller and roll-up blinds following the report of another child being strangled by the cord.
The blinds were mainly carried by Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney and Ace Hardware, as well as IKEA stores.
Consumers should immediately stop using all Roman and Roll-up blinds and [...]
After a month of investigating, Chrysler is voluntarily recalling 34,631 Dodge Caliber and 90 Jeep Compass vehicles in as a result of problems with sticking pedals. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration has been investigating the problem for about a month now, however no accidents linked to the vehicles have been reported. The vehicles [...]
Now that you’ve cleared up any registration issues, how do you actually get the license to ride your motorcycle?
If you are a licensed Virginia driver older than 19, you can add a Class M designation to your existing license. To do this, you must pass a vision screening and motorcycle knowledge test. You will [...]
