A jury could begin deliberating to determine whether Toyota Motor Corp. should be held liable for the death of a California woman who was killed when her Camry apparently accelerated and crashed despite her efforts to stop.
Tag Archives: safety
American government Pending action on trucking monitored by ATA
ATA is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. North America’s premier technical society for truck equipment technology and maintenance professionals, TMC works to improve transport equipment, its maintenance and maintenance management.
car safety technologies evolution
The headlight was at one time a cutting-edge safety item, as autonomous braking is today. Since motor cars were first introduced over 120 years ago, the advancements in safety have been vast and varied.
Many such details we now take for granted, such as automatic windscreen wipers, safety glass and airbags. To highlight the key advancements in car safety that has contributed to lowering road death tolls, Gold Coast Personal Injury Law Firm Smith’s Lawyers have published an infographic which visualises the evolution of car safety features.
Bendix updates whitepaper pertaining to stopping distance mandate
Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC (BSFB), the North American leader in the development and manufacture of leading-edge wheel-end solutions, has released an update of its whitepaper titled “The Federal Reduced Stopping Distance Mandate: Impact and Solutions.”
BSFB’s paper, which examines the mandate’s impact on the trucking industry and approaches to meet it, is part of the company’s continued efforts to help educate the industry about the stopping distance regulation. The white paper was initially published in July 2012.
Rotary Lift vehicle lifts recertified to new standard
Every Rotary Lift vehicle lift model currently certified by the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) has been recertified to meet the newest ANSI standard covering lift design, construction and testing in North America, ANSI/ALI ALCTV-2011. These lifts are approved to wear the new certification gold label.
