"The crash and other fatal crashes like it that occurred along I-95 last year led our agency to conduct this unprecedented one-year investigation into dangerous and illegal bus companies operating in violation to our basic safety standards, " Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro told reporters.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shut down three primary companies -- Apex Bus Inc.
The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration said Fung Wah improperly hired drivers who couldn't speak English and who regularly exceeded speed limits.
The case requires the high court to determine whether the motor vehicle safety standards established by the federal government effectively preempt a products liability claim under state tort law.
Looking at five years of fatal crashes involving large trucks, 0.10 percent or one in a thousand involved the truck's couplings, hitches or chains, according to an analysis of federal data from 2007-2011 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The proposed standard, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 141, would fulfill Congress' mandate in the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act that hybrid and electric vehicles meet minimum sound requirements so that pedestrians are able to detect the presence, direction and location of these vehicles when they are operating at low speeds.
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Among the problems discovered by inspectors were "four undercarriage frame cracks including at the drive axle, at the cross member for the motor mounts, and at the differential and over the right front steering axle, " according to a letter sent by Berwick to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Anne Ferro.
Using information from Florida's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the state identified more than 100, 000 names of non-eligible voters that could potentially be on the lists illegally.
"We see fatalities in the field where there's no evidence of contact with any part of the interior, " says Saeed Barbat, who runs Ford Motor's passive safety engineering department.
And parents who talk on cell phones, send texts or eat and drink while driving have teenagers who are more likely to do the same, according to preliminary findings of a new safety study by Toyota Motor and the University of Michigan.
Among Japanese car makers, Mitsubishi Motor's market share fallen amid safety fears and product recalls.
Second, every time I put the lid on the mixing bowl, which is what presses the safety button that allows the motor to spin, I felt like I had to force it a little.
Embarrassed by a series of safety recalls that tarnished its quality image last year, Toyota Motor Corp. is working with leading U.S. universities to better understand key safety issues facing the auto industry and will share those findings with the public to get safety innovations on the road faster.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motor vehicle traffic crashes are a leading cause of death in the United States In 2010, there were an estimated 5, 419, 000 police-reported traffic crashes, in which 32, 885 people were killed and 2, 239, 000 people were injured.
After months of struggling with recalls related to sudden acceleration in some 8 million vehicles worldwide, Toyota Motor ( TM) was confronted today with another separate safety risk this time on a Lexus SUV model.
Improving the safety of young drivers will also mean that they will face lower motor insurance costs.
At Leicester Magistrates' Court, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said the tractor had a faulty starter motor.
The new Golf, unveiled last September at the Paris Motor Show, is lighter than its predecessor and offers more features, improved safety, and better performance than the outgoing vehicle.
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The recall has been organised in accordance with the "Code of Practice" concerning vehicle safety issues drawn up by the Vehicle Inspectorate and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
"We see fatalities in the field where there's no evidence of contact with any part of the interior, " says Saeed Barbat, who runs Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people )'s passive safety engineering department.
The Volkswagen Passat won the 2012 Motor Trend Car of the Year award (which judges models on a variety of value and safety criteria), propelling it to sales of over 117, 000 that year alone.
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According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 35 percent of all deaths among 16-19 year-olds are motor-vehicle related, with the risk of getting into an accident among teenage drivers being particularly high during the first months after obtaining their licenses.
Her family was not used to her being on a motor bike, and the 51-year-old says they were so worried about her safety they made her wear a mesh lime green vest and reflective tape when she scoots back and forth to work.
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