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Aug 20, 2012 04:35 pm | Suzanne Kane

AT&T's No Text on Board - It Can WaitWith more than 100,000 crashes each year linked to texting and driving, getting the message out about the national epidemic of texting while driving is gaining momentum. AT&T and other wireless carriers are tackling the issue head-on. AT&T is continuing its anti-texting campaign by asking drivers to sign a pledge that they’ll never...


Aug 20, 2012 04:34 pm | Suzanne Kane

seatbelt wearerA new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that seat belt use in the United States dropped one percent last year. Nationally, seat belt use declined from 85 percent to 84 percent. This is still up from the 80 percent it was in 2004. A report in The Detroit News says that Michigan’s seat belt use last...


Aug 20, 2012 04:29 pm | Suzanne Kane

Car accidentNew research released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that in 2010, more than two-thirds of the 10,228 drunk driving deaths (7,145 or 70 percent) involved drivers with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .15 or higher. The report, “Prevalence of High BAC in Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatal Crashes,”...


Aug 20, 2012 04:28 pm | Suzanne Kane

Domino's Ultiimate Delivery Vehicle ProjectWho doesn’t love pizza? That is, pizza that’s delivered piping hot, not with toppings sliding off to the side or suffering other delivery-related mishaps. Domino’s Pizza the “recognized world leader in pizza deliver,” now focuses its attention on creating the Ultimate Delivery Vehicle by asking consumers to help...


Aug 20, 2012 03:20 pm | Joel Feder

2013 Fiat 500 TurboToday at High Gear Media, Cadillac teased a new concept car and Fiat introduced the 2013 500 Turbo. A group calling itself Friends of Carroll Shelby unveiled a tribute car in his honor, and Fisker recalled the Karma. All this and more in today's car news, right here on The Car Connection. Will Hondas be as "American" as Detroit cars by 2015?...


Aug 20, 2012 03:00 pm | Richard Read

Chrysler logoUntil recently, Chrysler offered its dealers up to $800,000 per year in exchange for good customer service and sparkling showrooms. According to a report in AutoNews, however, Chrysler's new dealer program nixes the cash bonuses, substituting enhanced training and research to help dealerships succeed on their own merits. The old way of doing...


Aug 20, 2012 02:00 pm | Richard Read

Traffic in ChinaWe live in exciting times. Cell phones and jet planes have made the world vastly smaller. The internet has radically changed the way we communicate and do business. And although poverty and disease remain huge problems around the globe, entrepreneurs, agencies, and governments are developing new arsenals of tools to improve lives. But like all...


Aug 19, 2012 09:30 pm | John Voelcker

2013 Chevrolet Volt 5dr HB Angular Front Exterior ViewNow in its third model year, the 2013 Chevrolet Volt is still the most technologically advanced vehicle GM sells. The Volt went on sale as a 2011 model in December 2010, and today it sells in numbers roughly equivalent to those of the equally specialized--but very different--Corvette sports car. Many consider the Volt a plug-in hybrid...


Aug 18, 2012 06:04 pm | Suzanne Kane

2013 Dodge DurangoChrysler is conducting a voluntary safety recall of certain 2013 model year seven-passenger Durango SUVs over concerns that some side airbags may fail to function properly. A notice on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) site lists the number of vehicle potentially involved as 1,449. Affected vehicles were produced from...



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