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Toyota recall covers Lexus LS cars

According to an article in the Detroit News, Toyota Motor Corp. will recall its top-end Lexus LS sedans on Friday to fix a steering problem that prompted complaints in Japan, the company’s U.S. sales arm said Wednesday. The Toyota recall announcement came hours after its Japanese parent company said it would recall 4,500 2010 Lexus … Read more

Philadelphia Police Getting Tough on Distracted Driving

According to an article in the Philadelphia Metro (5/17/10) Philadelphia police are handing out staggering 47 distracted driving tickets a day — more than 7,600 in all — to motorists who ignore Philadelphia’s ban on cell phone use while driving. The price if you get stopped? $75 a pop. The upsurge in ticketing is part … Read more

NHTSA: Toyota may have withheld recall info

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching an investigation into whether Toyota Motor Co. delayed telling investigators in 2005 that a known defect on compact trucks in Japan was also a problem in the United States. Toyota (TM) later recalled the trucks in the U.S. for a steering relay rod … Read more

Incentives helped Toyota sales rise 24%

Don’t feel too bad for Toyota. According to the Detroit Free Press Toyota’s April sales jumped 24% from a year earlier as aggressive discounts and interest-free loans continue to override consumers’ worries about unintended acceleration or other recall issues. Finishing third for the month behind General Motors and Ford, Toyota remains unfazed by a continuing … Read more

FDA issues warning about Cardiac Science defibrillators

NBC Nightly News (4/27, story 11, 0:20, Williams) reported, “According to the FDA, defibrillators made by the Cardiac Science Corporation and sold under the label Power Heart could fail because of faulty software contained inside.”The Seattle Times (4/27) reported, “The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued an unusual public warning about 280,000 external defibrillators … Read more

Mine Disaster Site Still Unsafe

According to the AP, the site of the Upper Big Branch mine is still unsafe to enter, more than three weeks since 29 men died in an explosion. The mine had been the subject of 515 violations prior to the accident.