A group of bicycle companies, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA), is engaged in a safety recall involving quick-release devices which, when improperly adjusted or left open while riding, may potentially come in contact with the front disc brake rotor. Watch this video to see if your bicycle is affected. […]
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U.S. Proposes Overhaul of Car-Safety Ratings
U.S. Proposes Overhaul of Car-Safety Ratings
WSJ
12/8/15
[…] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday proposed adding assessments of the features in the hopes the safety breakthroughs will eventually become mainstays on cars and trucks the way air bags and electronic stability control have over the years. Autonomous driving technologies such as lane-departure and blind-spot warnings increasingly allow vehicles to avoid crashes as opposed to simply helping drivers survive collisions. More than 32,000 people die each year on U.S. roads. [….]
DOT issues notice of proposed rulemaking on improved rear impact protection for trailers and semitrailers
This is needed and will save lives –
[…] “Robust trailer rear impact guards can significantly reduce the risk of death or injury to vehicle occupants in the event of a crash into the rear of a trailer or semitrailer,” said NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind. “We’re always looking at ways to safeguard the motoring public, and today’s announcement moves us forward in our mission.”
Rear underride crashes are those in which the front end of a vehicle impacts the rear of a generally larger vehicle, and slides under the rear-impacted vehicle. For example, underride may occur in collisions in which a small passenger vehicle crashes into the rear end of a large trailer and the bed and chassis of the impacted vehicle is higher than the hood of the impacting passenger vehicle.
In excessive underride crashes, there is passenger compartment intrusion (PCI) as the passenger vehicle underrides so far that the rear end of the struck vehicle enters the passenger compartment of the striking passenger vehicle. PCI can result in severe injuries and fatalities to occupants contacting the rear end of the struck vehicle. A rear impact guard prevents PCI when it engages the smaller striking vehicle and stops the vehicle from sliding too far under the struck vehicle’s bed and chassis.
The occupant crash protection features built into today’s passenger vehicles are able to provide high levels of occupant protection in 35 mph frontal crashes. This NPRM would require trailer and semitrailer guards to remain in place and prevent PCI in crashes of severities of up to 35 mph versus the current requirement of up to 30 mph. […]
‘Protected Intersection’ For Bikes Opens In Salt Lake City
‘Protected Intersection’ For Bikes Opens In Salt Lake City
Here and Now
9/30/2015
[…] “Protected intersections,” designed to prevent car-bicycle collisions, have long existed in the Netherlands, but they are just catching on in the U.S.
After a former video game maker in Oregon created a video (below) explaining the design, one was recently built in Davis, California, and another in Salt Lake City, Utah, and plans are being discussed in cities across the country. […]
VW Kept Earlier Emissions Issue From Regulator
VW Kept Earlier Emissions Issue From Regulator
WSJ
12/9/15
[…] Volkswagen declined to comment on the events. An email that a Volkswagen official sent to its U.S. office in late 2004 stated that the part wasn’t important enough in the emissions system to disclose to California. […]
How Cyclists Are Causing Cities Worldwide To Rethink Bike Safety
How Cyclists Are Causing Cities Worldwide To Rethink Bike Safety
12/8/2015
Huffington Post
[…] In the film, [Bikes v. Cars] Gertten follows individuals in various cities at different points in their biking evolution. He focuses most on three places — Los Angeles, where a comprehensive transit system gave way to massive sprawl but a bike culture is returning; São Paulo, where car use is skyrocketing but a biker’s death has rallied activists to push for safety measures; and Copenhagen, Denmark, where bike-friendly roads are shown as a taxi driver’s worst nightmare, but are also part of what makes the city heaven on earth for cyclists. […]
IVC Filter – Death Or Serious Injuries
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NBC says that the device, which is implanted in thousands of people, was associated with 27 deaths and hundreds of other non-fatal problems after it received FDA clearance. Also, a former CR Bard insider talks about FDA clearance without her signature.
This is a medical animation video that helps explain the danger and problems of IVC Filters: IVC Filter Complications Medical Animation
U.S. Regulators Fine Takata Up to $200 Million Over Faulty Airbags
U.S. Regulators Fine Takata Up to $200 Million Over Faulty Airbags
NY Times
11/3/15
[…] Anthony Foxx, the transportation secretary, also said that Takata manipulated the test data. In its consent order, the safety agency said that “in several instances, Takata produced testing reports that contained selective, incomplete, or inaccurate data.”
“Delay, misdirection and a refusal to acknowledge the truth allowed a serious problem to become a massive crisis,” Mr. Foxx said at a news conference. […]
Volkswagen to Recall 8.5 Million Vehicles in Europe
Volkswagen to Recall 8.5 Million Vehicles in Europe
NY Times
10/15/15
[…] Regulators in the United States are waiting for a detailed fix before ordering Volkswagen to recall its cars. Volkswagen officials have indicated that repairing the nearly half-million cars affected in the United States might require a more extensive solution because American standards on nitrogen oxide emissions are tougher than those in the European Union. […]
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Let the Recalls Begin: Germany Tells VW to Fix 2.4 Million Diesels
Let the Recalls Begin: Germany Tells VW to Fix 2.4 Million Diesels
NBC News
10/15/15
[…] first official recall of diesel vehicles that VW surreptitiously outfitted with software designed to meet emissions tests, then switch off pollution controls during real world operation. VW has said it produced about 11 million such vehicles with its EA 189 engine. […]
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