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According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the 2014 Subaru Forester is the first vehicle to ace every section of the “small overlap front crash test” – one of the most challenging tests the Institute runs on vehicles. The Redesigned 2014 Forester is the only one of 13 tested SUVs to earn an

According to a USA TODAY article written by Marisol Bello, a bridge on the Interstate Highway 5 – located in Washington State – has collapsed as a result of aging and weakened infrastructure. While there was no loss of life, the incident begs the question: How safe are we from the negligence of others? According

What is tort reform? While those who are not directly familiar with tort law may not  know what the term means, it is important to know that the threat of tort reform affects everyone. According to an article in the Arizona Daily Star written by Jo Holt, Tort Reform is most commonly rationalized by arguing for

According to a 2012 comprehensive report from the National Coalition for Safer Roads and the car safety advocate group FocusDriven, the causal factors of red light violation incidents  are many. Notably, 12% of such incidents are a result of distracted driving. While we have all heard the dangers of distracted driving, reading the statistics on how drivers

We all hear about the danger of whiplash from getting rear-ended, but how do we prevent it? This is where the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety comes in. Enter BioRID – an anthropomorphic test device (more commonly known as an ATD, or simply a crash test dummy), used by the IIHS to emulate a human body’s

Several days ago, the automobile manufacturer Chrysler Group defiantly refused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s demand to recall a massive haul of Jeeps. 2.7 million of them, to be precise. According to the government agency, the fuel tank design used in 1993 to 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees, and 2002 to 2007 Jeep Liberties is

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, motorcycles that are equipped with antilock break systems (ABS) are 31% less likely to be involved in fatal collisions than the same vehicles that do not have ABS. Furthermore, the Highway Loss Data Institute states a 20% reduction in the rate of collision claims for motorcycle riders

Anyone who lives in or around the city of Boston (or any city for that matter) knows that driving into town is more work than its worth. With all the red lights, road work, detours, and traffic, almost any driver would be smart to leave the car at home and take the T to their

In mid-May, just four days after Mayor Menino vowed to cut cyclist collisions in the city of Boston by 50% by the year 2020, an MIT Scientists visiting from Japan was killed in a bicycle collision in the Back Bay Area. According to an NECN.com article, Kanako Miura was struck by what police think was