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Student Driver Attempts To Run Over Instructor After Failing Test

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:42:05 +0000

When a student fails a driving test, they sometimes respond emotionally. This means driving instructors will be confronted with tears, begging and even the occasional bribe when their charge struggles to parallel park or just can’t nail the three-point turn. It was the cones that did in a 21-year-old student driver from Mayfield Heights, Ohio. As in, she hit [...]

Toyota Recalling Thousands of RAV4 and Lexus Hybrid Models

Shauna Wright — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:00:59 +0000

If you own a Toyota RAV4 or a Lexus hybrid, you may soon be getting a recall notice — nearly 800,000 of them in the United States are being recalled to correct rear suspension problems that could occur during maintenance.

What Are the Most Dangerous Cars in America? [PHOTOS]

Don Deane — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:52 +0000

Given modern engineering, design and manufacturing, most drivers probably assume that new cars are inherently safe. But, according to a study by the nonprofit group Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, that isn’t necessarily the case. In fact, the group recently reviewed a range of new models and found seven that were lacking in safety. The [...]

Study Finds Women Injured More in Car Crashes Than Men

Shauna Wright — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:00:49 +0000

A new study finds women are more likely than men to be injured in automobile accidents, and the culprit may be safety features that are not properly proportioned for them. Researchers reviewed crash data from 1998 through 2008 and discovered that female drivers wearing seatbelts were not only hurt more often than men who wore [...]

Which Cities Have the Best — and Worst — Commute Times?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:00:07 +0000

If you’re fed up with your long commute to work, you may want to consider a move to Great Falls, Montana.

While a new report from the Census Bureau shows the average US commute is about 25 minutes, those in Great Falls only have a 14-minute travel time, the shortest in the country.