Will the flash of the red light cameras in Phoenix be activated again? According to Phoenix city officials, there are 1,150 signalized intersections in Phoenix. Each year, these intersections saw an average of 1,520 red-light running crashes. Those crashes took the lives of nearly 90 people per year on average. City officials compiled those three years of data, but they … Read More

Well, we’re not number one. The logic behind setting speed limits can be fuzzy at times, but the effects of driving beyond the posted speed limit are often black and white. We found enforcing stricter laws and regulations against speeding drivers is not likely to change their reckless behavior. South Carolina, one of the most relaxed states in the U.S. … Read More

Gender and Age Gap Despite being stereotyped as “bad drivers,” research validates that women may actually be the safer and more cautious behind the wheel.  Men have a 77% higher risk of dying in a fatal car accident compared to women, but we found men were more than five times more likely to be involved in fatal accidents related to … Read More

If the speed limits in Arizona sometimes seem arbitrary from one neighborhood to the next, that’s because they are. According to the Federal Highway Administration, cities currently have no agreed-upon metric to determine the appropriate speed limits on roads or freeways. Instead, legislators take a combination of crash risk, traffic volume, roadway design, and location information into consideration to determine … Read More

37,000 fatal car accidents occur yearly (averaging one every 14 minutes), approximately  1 in 3 collisions involve a driver traveling above the legal speed limit. A menace to everyone on the highway, driving above the speed limit kill thousands of people every year as a result of losing control of their vehicles, having insufficient time to avoid deadly situations, and negating … Read More

After Michigan raised speed limits on certain roads, those stretches of highway saw a 17 percent rise in crashes and a 19 percent rise in injuries, as a new report from the state details. What’s interesting is that these are lower numbers than some critics expected. Michigan raised the speed limit to 75 mph on 614 miles of roadways with … Read More

Honda is recalling 2.4 million older vehicles in the U.S. to replace potentially dangerous Takata airbag inflators. The recall covers certain Honda and Acura vehicles from the 1996 to 2003 model years. Honda said that unlike previous recalls, the inflators do not contain volatile ammonium nitrate. Replacement parts aren’t yet available, and the company said repairs won’t start for about … Read More

The Takata Airbag Problem Statement Takata Corporation began manufacturing airbags in 1988, initially using sodium azide as the propellant. This was difficult to handle safely, and so in the 1990s, production switched to tetrazole, a safer alternative. However, this came at a high price, so research was undertaken to find an alternative. Takata made the decision to switch to using … Read More

This recall, which includes close to 3 million American vehicles, involves 2011-2019 Corolla, 2011-2013 Matrix, 2012-2018 Avalon and 2013-2018 Avalon Hybrid vehicles and is tied to a report of one fatal crash.   The vehicles may have an electronic control unit that does not have adequate protection against electrical noise that can occur in crashes, which could lead to incomplete … Read More

This new recall involves Takata air bags built with non-azide driver inflators (NADI), and is separate from the much larger and ongoing Takata air bag inflator recalls.  The problem The air bags that are part of this new recall have defective inflators that could explode or cause the air bag to not inflate properly when it deploys. A faulty seal on … Read More