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Can You Buy Safety?(NEWS)
MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF car crashes can be attributed to driver error, yet most of what we spend as a society on traffic safety goes into cars.
But what are we buying? Is it safety? When considering the problem that teen drivers are more likely to crash than experienced adults, we're tempted to try to buy our way out of the worry. Our first thought is to put them in "safe cars. We think about mass, airbags, new verus used, low miles versus high. It's as if our first assumption is they're going to crash.
Yet we all know the safest car is the one that never crashes. A properly maintained 10-year-old vehicle that has only one airbag but never runs into anything is a safer environment than a 10-day-old car that smacks into a tree, deploys six airbags and instantly sends a message to emergency services.
We like to equate time with money, but that equation doesn't work out when it comes to teaching someone to drive. If you're a parent, you can and should choose to pay for better driver training than the state requires, but you can't just throw money at the statistics. You need to spend ...
- Stay ahead of the curve in SUV rollover cases; when the defense claims that...
- Magazine article from: Trial Spagnoli, Christine February 1, 2003 700+ words
...rollovers in foreseeable circumstances. Driver error In most rollover cases, the key design...of control, which may be a result of driver error, a design characteristic of the vehicle...plaintiff lawyer must anticipate the "driver error" defense, both in analyzing and selecting...
- Deadly driver error.(Commentary)(Forum)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 11, 1996 700+ words
...not kill you. What does cause catastrophes on the road is driver error. With the recent lifting of the national speed limit, I...meteorite hitting your car is an accident, everything else is driver error. MIRIAM SCHOTTLAND [The writer is an instructor with BSR...
- Liability for dead man's curve: was your client's off-road accident caused by...
- Magazine article from: Trial Pillersdorf, Gary B. February 1, 2006 700+ words
...1) It is easy to write these cases off as examples of driver error, but in many instances, the government agency that designs...these cases require. The defendants' recurring theme is driver error, and these cases rarely settle. Understanding what constitutes...
- REPORT SAYS DRIVER ERROR TO BLAME FOR STREETCAR ACCIDENT PRELIMINARY INQUIRY...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Mcgann, Chris August 16, 2000 700+ words
Driver error caused a waterfront streetcar crash Aug. 6 that injured 21 people, a preliminary investigation shows. The driver did not properly...
- Study shows driver error main cause of truck rollovers.(WASHINGTON, D.C.)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: LP/Gas September 1, 2007 700+ words
Driver error is responsible for most tank truck rollovers, according to a study prepared for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
- Evidence indicates deadly rollovers of 15-passenger vans result of unsafe...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 17, 2003 700+ words
...against the van manufacturers. The overriding question is whether the deadly rollovers are a result of unsafe vehicles or driver error. There is evidence that points to both. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that when the vans carry...
- ADAPCO Announces Availability of GeoFlow(TM) Technology; Proprietary Features...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 16, 2006 700+ words
...sensitive" residents and "no spray" zones. "GeoFlow's routing feature addresses cost and time issues associated with driver error - forgetting to turn off sprayer or making wrong turns," explained German. "GeoFlow features an easy-to-follow moving...
- Driver Error Can Cause Brake System Failure
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Tom Magliozzi; Ray Magliozzi November 9, 1994 700+ words
Q. I picked up a new Dodge Intrepid on Tuesday, and on Saturday, with 400 miles driven, the brakes went out. Of course, when the dealer picked up the car and checked the brake system, nothing was wrong, and no problems could be found. Is this car safe to drive? If they could find no problem, why
