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Disconnects in the distracted-driving blame game
in-car technology. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety questions whether the federal electronics by drivers," says IIHS spokesman Russ Rader both industries to do so. IIHS has been one of the only agrees with "99%" of what IIHS does, he couldn't disagree
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Child-safety seat study passes only 21 of 98 vehicles tested
requirements for ease of use, says the report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research problem lies with the vehicle, not the user," said IIHS senior vice president of research and study co-author
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Are car voice controls as distracting as cellphone use?
researching cognitive distraction with funding from Toyota. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety spokesman Russ Rader calls voice controls an "unsettled including both fatal crashes and fender benders. IIHS expected both would increase as cellphone usage did.
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Female Crash Dummies Injured More: What Car Should Women Buy?improve cars' safety for women, whether drivers or passengers. Says Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , "One of the reasons we started using female dummies is the way women sit in a vehicle." They tend
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Technology tackles teen drivers' phone distractions
distracted driving. The technology can go only so far, though, says Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety . "It's not clear that these systems are going to be widely accepted by consumers," he says
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2012 Small Cars: Safer and More Affordable Than EverChrysler Group LLC/AP Small, safe and affordable: That's the latest trend seen in the 2012 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety top safety picks . This year's top selections are vehicles that earned the highest crash-test ratings
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Car-safety group: Half of child booster seats pose risks
Thursday. Six were so bad the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( IIHS ) recommended parents avoid wide range of vehicles. The IIHS says its ratings are important their primary function." The IIHS ' ratings put pressure on
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Some Booster Seats Offer a Better Boost than Othersproperly into the car seatbelts. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety examined more than 80 models, and News in a statement that "While the IIHS report focuses solely on belt fit the event of a crash" and noted the IIHS awarded top ratings to five of the
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SUVs, Pickups Less Deadly to Car Passengers
t as deadly to passengers of cars and minivans as they used to be, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety . “Until recently, SUVs and pickups were more likely than cars or minivans of the same weight to be involved
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NTSB Aims to Ban Cellphone Use by Commercial Drivers
drivers are not going to embrace this,” Hersman added, “but we are not here to be popular.” The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says the real challenge with all cellphone bans is enforcement. And the Governors Highway Safety Association
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Safety board: Ban cellphone use by truckers
all handheld cellphone use by commercial drivers, and a final ruling is expected this fall. But the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety last year said it found no reduction in crashes after handheld cellphones were banned in California
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Red Light Cameras: Are Ticket Fines Voluntary?without them, there may be more collisions. On the other side of the debate, a study this year by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety claims that in 14 of America's largest cities the cameras have saved 159 lives during a four-year
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Study: Safety System Can Prevent Low-Speed Crashes
The institute is the research arm of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety . The system doesn't involve a warning 8212;—— Online: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety : http://www. iihs .org.
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Officials Hope Cameras Scare Drivers Straightevidence they can increase rear Enders as drivers slam on brakes to avoid getting caught. But by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found they also reduce more deadly T bone crashes and save lives. People know that they should run
slam on brakes to avoid getting caught. But -- by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found they also reduce -- more deadly T bone crashes and save lives. People know that they should run red lights but -
Self-Braking Cars Get Green LightInsurance Institute for Highway Safety says cars that brake for you work well.
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Low-Speed Crashes Cost Big Bucksreport shows that bumper sitting at different heights on cars and trucks often fail at that job. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested seven pairs of vehicles in rear end collisions at just ten miles per hour. cash consisted of
different heights on cars and trucks often fail at that job. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested seven pairs of vehicles in rear end collisions at just ten miles per hour. -- cash consisted of a car and -
Putting the Brakes on Running the Redwe don't have markets here and. He never because of you know bad decision that a driver me. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has fatal intersection crashes can be dramatically reduced with red light cameras driver stop. Rather
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has -- fatal intersection crashes can be dramatically reduced with red light cameras driver stop. Rather than risk a ticket. People are -
Small Cars with Great Gas Mileage, Safetydriver in this case probably would've walked away. The new round metal crunching don't from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety . Shows that across the board smaller fuel efficient cars are getting safer. Six of thirteen small
walked away. The new round metal crunching don't -- from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety . Shows that across the board smaller fuel efficient cars are getting safer. Six of thirteen small cars tested one that top safety -
On The Roads This Weekendlot better than last year. And people are ready to hit the road. It's what makes me. In fact the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crunch the numbers and found that the fourth of July over five years was the deadliest day of the year
In fact the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crunch the numbers and found that the fourth of July over five years was the deadliest day of the year on the -
The Best Booster Seats for Your Kidrestrained properly in the backseat have to do a lot of research to find good booster. That's what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety analyze in rated 72 of them. It didn't come down to impact results instead the institute used Crash
do a lot of research to find good booster. That's what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety analyze in rated 72 of them. It didn't come down to impact results instead the institute used Crash Test Dummies to analyze
