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According to a recent customer satisfaction survey conducted by independent analysts of the insurance industry, USAA, American General and Kaiser Permanente have earned the highest scores from those who purchase their products. Satisfaction overall with the industry went up with every type of company except auto insurers. The survey involved more than 5,600 insurance customers […]
Tires have gone up in price significantly over the past few years while many people are operating on more stringent budgets due to job losses or other financial problems. This has led many people to consider buying used when it becomes necessary to replace a car’s tires. However, even used tires in good condition are […]
There are few deaths that are more violent, sudden and utterly without intent than those which result from car accidents. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that we are getting behind the wheel of a machine that weighs on average thousands of pounds and that can travel at very high speeds. It’s also made of […]
A new iPhone app developed by Volpe for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will allow users to access information from the NHTSA website www.safercar.gov in order to determine a vehicle’s safety rating, get help installing a child car safety seat, filing a safety complaint or receiving automatic safety recall notices. Consumers can use the […]
Drunk drivers not only place themselves in danger; they endanger everyone on the road with them, including the people in their own vehicles. In most cases, drunk drivers can be held responsible for the injuries of their passengers, even if the passengers were also drunk or unable to drive for other reasons. Common Drunk Driving […]
Construction sites can be very dangerous places. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, there were almost 4,200 fatalities in the workplace in 2011, and 18 percent of these were construction accidents. Only car accidents take more workers’ lives. Certain types of injuries are more common than others on construction sites, according to OSHA. […]
The mother of a 23-month-old toddler is asking the hit-and-run accident driver who raced away after hitting the child to turn himself in. Little Alejandro Arroyo was crossing the street with his mother last Thursday evening when the vehicle struck both mother and child. Maria Zuniga told reporters from KXTV News Channel 10 that her […]
Summer is the time of year when teens are out of school and enjoying themselves for a few months. Many of them remain busy with summer jobs, but any of us who are older than 19 likely remember our summers as times spent having fun with our friends. While so many things have changed with […]
A senior from Truckee High School died in a rollover crash when the truck he was riding in as a passenger flipped and landed partially on top of him. Andrew Metlenko, 18, of Reno, was riding with his friend Cory Adam Neill when Neill lost control of the vehicle on a dirt road. California Highway […]
Some of the findings in this study included: Nearly half of all children under the age of five who were killed in crashes were not properly strapped into their car seats at the time. Proper installation and use of car seats reduced fatality rates for infants by a factor of 71 percent. The same proper […]