| FMCSA begins efforts to improve truck safety |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
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In early 2012, President Obama signed into law the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as MAP-21. Among other things, this law provided the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with the authority and the means to continue its efforts to improve highway safety and reduce the incidence of truck accidents across the U.S.
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| Unlike rest of the world Middle East car sales to grow in double digits |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
The automotive sector in the Middle East remains upbeat despite turbulence in many countries in the region. The automotive sector in the Middle East remains upbeat ...
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| Toyota to invest $181 mn to expand Russia plant capacity |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
RAV4 SUV in 2016 at the plant, is expanding the plant's capacity to a maximum of around 100,000 vehicles from the current 50,000 vehicles, the company said in a statement. Toyota currently makes the Camry at the ...
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| Car taxes take buyers back to difficult 1990s |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
The govt stipulates IITs must have a teacher-student ratio of 1:10. Facing a faculty crunch, it will take close to a decade to get to the ideal ...
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| Florida May Scrap No-Fault Auto Insurance Law |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
Frustrated by a recent court decision temporarily blocking part of Florida's no-fault auto insurance law reformed last year, state lawmakers are considering scrapping the entire law. Current proposals would reinstate to a tort system and mandate that all drivers purchase bodily injury coverage. Florida Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis recently issued ...
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| Cheaper ACC levies for safer cars a good start |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
Using vehicle safety ratings to determine how much drivers pay in injury levies is a step in the right direction, the Motor Trade Association says. ACC yesterday announced a proposed shake-up of the motor vehicle levy scheme for private passenger vehicles. Under the proposed scheme, private passenger vehicles would be rated on how well they protect occupants from harm in the event of a crash. ...
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| New Zealand ad uses kids to highlight dangers of driving on drugs |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
An advertisement using children to emphasise the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs has debuted in New Zealand. The commercial, titled ‘Blazed’, was created by award-winning film director Taika Waititi for the New Zealand Government’s Transport Agency and has since gone to air on Maori Television. The ad features three young boys sitting in a car waiting for their ...
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| Yangons traffic woes blamed on imported cars |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
Myanmar has imported nearly 200,000 automobiles since the government's new car replacement scheme began two years ago according to Yangon Region chief minister Myint Swe. As a result, he says, traffic congestion has become the number one problem in the country's former capital. Most of the imported cars were added to the streets of Yangon, which before the scheme had just over 100,000 ...
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| Volkswagen to sell electric cars in U.S. from 2015 report |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen plans to start selling electric cars in the United States in 2015, the New York Times reported, citing a Volkswagen ...
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| 5 bodies found in cars pulled from Okla. lake |
Sep 18th, 2013 |
September 17, 2013: The two cars that were pulled from Foss Lake in Oklahoma were covered up by authorities Tuesday night. (Photo courtesy KOKH-TV Fox Oklahoma ...
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