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The Mazda CX-5 has been awarded the top safety pick award from NCAP for the technologies it has placed inside. The European Car Safety Council was so impressed with Mazda’s air braking technology that they want it to become a standard in cars across Europe by 2014. The car utilizes technology to determine if an obstruction… read more

Safe Pick is a tool a consumer can use to pick a safer used car based on their budget and taste in automobile. Two cars on the safety rankings list are the Volvo S40 of the 1997 through 2004 model years and the Honda Accord of the 2003 through 2007 model years. The New Zealand… read more

Summer is just about over, and children from across the country are getting ready to head back to school.  In a new report ostensibly geared toward the state of Arizona, the local AAA branch offers tips to parents that are designed to help ensure the safety of their children as they embark upon the new… read more

By now, autonomous cars have entered the national consciousness in a big way.  Although they’re still a ways off from widespread production, the good news just keeps on coming.  Yesterday, Google, a company that’s been at the forefront in developing such technology, announced that they reached 300,000 test miles without an accident taking place. That… read more

Police in the city of Anchorage, Alaska are optimistic that a recent decrease in bicycle accidents will continue for the foreseeable future.  Only 43 bikes have crashed into motor vehicles thus far in 2012, in comparison with 77 last year.  And the really good news is the fact that there have been no fatalities.  Some… read more

Ohio recently passed a ban on texting while driving, making the act a secondary offense for adults.  For teens, texting or talking on a phone will be a primary offense though.  Given the stringency of the new law, the city of Lyndhurst has opted not to put forth their own cellphone ban.  The vote by… read more

The safety of various bridges throughout the state of California has been called into question due to reports which seem to suggest that tests on concrete used during construction have been altered.  Many bridges, including the Bay Bridge, are included.  A team of engineers with Caltrans unearthed the information, but Caltrans itself has said that… read more

Sam’s Choice Fireside Gourmet Black Angus Beef Patties Bacon and Aged Cheddar products have been recalled by Kenosha Beef International.  The items come in a two pound carton and were available in seven states.  Thanks to a consumer complaint, Kenosha was alerted to the fact that pieces of a gasket may have become lodged within… read more

The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to exercise an option that would allow them to have oversight on the cigar industry, but a Pennsylvania senator is opposing their efforts.  He says such a measure would be deleterious to the entire industry, cutting down on jobs and hurting the economy.  The FDA’s effort is designed… read more

The Government Accountability Office has released a report stating that cellphone radiation standards need to be updated.  It has been 15 years since limits were first implemented, and technology has evolved since that time.  Currently, federal standards as mandated by the FCC don’t take into account longterm exposure, the effect on children, and they let… read more

As previously reported, the NHTSA has revealed safety statistics which showed an uptick in pedestrian-related crashes and fatalities.  One of the states that really felt the impact was Georgia, which faced a 13% increase in pedestrian deaths from 2001 to 2010.  Many communities in the state have attempted to push forward pedestrian safety programs, but… read more

The Canadian Cycling Association program known as CAN-BIKE is dedicated to educating bicyclists about bike safety and proper riding techniques, but the city of Toronto is having trouble getting people to participate.  The city’s manager of pedestrian and cycling infrastructure says that there’s been a dearth of people signing up for the courses.  He estimates… read more