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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Texting While Driving? Nationwide Ban on All Cellphone Use in Cars Proposed

    ​The National Transportation Safety Board wants to treat your car like an airplane. Basically, once you buckle up, it's time to shut off all electronic devices. That's the recommendation of the board today following its review of a summer 2010 Missouri highway crash that killed two and injure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Texting Til Death: Half of Young Americans do it While Driving

    amber10​We here at LA Weekly are a little sick of needless, nebulous state laws that give cops way too much power to conduct fund raising write tickets. Case-in-point: California's retarded texting-while-driving law which, apparently, has done nothing to deter texting-while-driving, but has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Cell Phone-Using Drivers Are Better Drivers? Some In L.A. Beg To Differ

    What up dog.​We reported this week that new research indicates cell phone-using drivers might actually be safer drivers. What gives? The study, based on California data from 2005, notes that as mobile calls went up after 9 p.m., reports of crashes went way down. Of course, as we noted, peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Flying Car Almost Ready For Your Weekday Commute In Los Angeles

    ​The solution to Los Angeles traffic congestion: flying cars. The Federal Aviation Administration recently approved plans to move ahead with developing a highway-worthy airplane, according to CNN. The aircraft, called "The Transition", was created by Massachusetts-based company, Terrafugia. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    U.S. Seeks $16 Million-Plus Fine From Toyota

    ​The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking the maximum fine of more than $16 million against Toyota Motor Corporation for remaining silent about acceleration problems four months even though it allegedly knew about its "sticky pedal" issues, the U.S. Department of T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Figuring Out Toyota's Acceleration Problems IS Rocket Science

    U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.​As smug as Toyota has been in declaring recent allegations of sudden-acceleration in its cars unfounded, it's wild to see U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announcing Tuesday that none other than NASA will be helping federal officials find th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    After SoCal P.R. Victory, Toyota On Counteroffensive (But Still Secretive)

    ​We're hard-pressed to think of any other facet of life where a company that might have caused accidents worth possible millions in liability and lost sales is able to investigate itself. But that seems to be the case as Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. gets another crack at a runaway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    U.S. Rep. With Auto Industry Ties Blames Victim In Toyota Acceleration Case

    U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.​The office of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa expressed doubts over the weekend about a San Diego's man's report of a harrowing, out-of-control acceleration experience in his second-generation Toyota Prius, stating that tests attempting to recreate the ride proved that the vehic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Toyota Poised To Blame Driver In San Diego Sudden-Acceleration Case

    ​No surprise here: Toyota's stance on the out-of-control acceleration famously experienced by a Prius driver earlier this month will mirror that of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, the auto-industry-backed congressman who's been meddling in the case (on behalf of whom?) and practically attacking the ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Toyota Says Nothing Wrong With Runaway Prius, Questions Driver's Story

    ​As expected, Toyota on Monday said its tests of an alleged runaway Prius showed that there is nothing wrong with the car. The company stated from its Torrance-based U.S. headquarters that "these findings suggest that there should be further examination of [driver James] Sikes' account." As w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    City Council Delays Billboard Ban Endorsement

    L.A.'s City Council put off a widely-anticipated decision on whether to support a proposed statewide moratorium on digital billboards. Instead, the council will hold public discussions next Friday on whether to back Assembly Bill 109.If passed by the California legislature, Assemblyman Mike Feuer's ... More >>

  • LA Life

    January 17, 2008

    Ask a Mexican! There Has Been Blood

    L.A.'s City Council put off a widely-anticipated decision on whether to support a proposed statewide moratorium on digital billboards. Instead, the council will hold public discussions next Friday on whether to back Assembly Bill 109.If passed by the California legislature, Assemblyman Mike Feuer's ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Letters

    L.A.'s City Council put off a widely-anticipated decision on whether to support a proposed statewide moratorium on digital billboards. Instead, the council will hold public discussions next Friday on whether to back Assembly Bill 109.If passed by the California legislature, Assemblyman Mike Feuer's ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Better Mileage On Ice

    Why refrigerators are more efficient than cars

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Letters

    Why refrigerators are more efficient than cars

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    The Big Blowup

    A mom’s guide to dumping Firestone tires

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Letters

    A mom’s guide to dumping Firestone tires

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Imperfect Recall

    I’m okay, the problem is my cheap car

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