June 29, 2012 TRENTON – In its final voting session before Saturday’s budget deadline, the Senate on Thursday approved dozens of bills previously passed by the Assembly, including one to stiffen penalties for drivers who have injured or killed others because they were using their cellphones. Under the bill, which the Senate and Assembly passed … Read more
June 28, 2012 A Pennsylvania jury recently awarded the family of a man, who died after his heart condition was misdiagnosed at a local hospital, one of the largest sums of money ever given as damages for Pennsylvania medical malpractice. According to The Wall Street Journal, the damages given to the family was $6.4 million. … Read more
June 27, 2012 USA Today (6/26) reported, “Growing concern over the continued use of cellphones by drivers has some states reviewing laws against the practice and exploring stiffer fines and harsher penalties.” Recent research “by the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, found that current texting bans are … Read more
June 26, 2012 The Detroit News (6/23, Shepardson, Burden) reported GM “is recalling all 475,000 Chevrolet Cruze compacts, from the first off the line in 2009 through May 31, after reports of engine fires. It’s a setback for the Detroit automaker looking to boost sales of fuel-efficient compact cars.” GM “will modify the engine shield, … Read more
June 25, 2012 The Philadelphia Inquirer (6/24, Gelles) ranked Hertz as the only car rental company to take up Sen. Barbara Boxer’s call for the industry “not to rent or sell any vehicles under safety recall until the defect has been remedied.” Rosemary Shahan, president of California’s Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, pegs Enterprise … Read more
A rear-end collision this past Wednesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between a dump truck and a SEPTA bus, resulted in 16 people being injured.
June 20, 2012 The CBS Evening News (6/18, story 7, 0:25, Pelley) reported, “Some later model Toyota Camrys were added today to a government investigation of fires inside car doors. It now includes 1.4 million Toyota cars and SUVs model years 2007 through 2009. A malfunction with the power windows may have caused 161 fires, … Read more
June 19, 2012 ABC World News (6/17, story 9, 2:05, Muir) reported, “troubling news, safety questions this evening, about some of the most popular SUVs on American roads,” the Jeep Grand Cherokee. “The investigation is now growing into whether some Jeeps run a greater risk of catching on fire if the gas tank is hit.” … Read more
June 18, 2012 The AP (6/17, Stobbe) reported, “About five times as many no-helmet biker deaths occur in states with less restrictive laws, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found.” In a review of 14,283 motorcycle deaths between 2008 and 2010, CDC found “only about 12 percent of those deaths occurred in the … Read more
June 15, 2012 Richard Brooks writes in a blog post for the Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise (6/13) on the push to ban cellphone use by drivers. Brooks says “the days of chatting on even hands-free cell phones while behind the wheel may end soon, and — regardless of the merits of the idea — perhaps … Read more
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