Seats can fail in rear crashes
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That meathead tailgating you might pose more of a hazard that you think. Crash tests by insurance researchers have found that most cars don&#39;t protect motorists very well against whiplash neck injuries in rear collisions.
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An Iraqi man takes parts from the wreckage of a British military Land Rover in Baghdad Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. According to witnesses, the vehicle crashed into a civilian vehicle and overturned.
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Michael Schumacher spun out and crashed on a turn during Saturday's second practice session at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Schumacher crashed into a tire barrier with the rear end of his car. The motor briefly caught fire, but Schumacher got out of the car on his own and walked away. He did not appear to be hurt.
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Only one in five young children ride in injury-reducing booster seats, the government's auto safety agency says. Booster seats prevent injuries because they fit children better than adult seat belts.
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Some celebs drive a Prius to the Oscars to show they care. Meanwhile, Brandy's careless and fatal SUV accident demonstrates that people who buy big vehicles are putting lives at risk. In Autopia.
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About 120 people are killed and more than 6,000 injured each year by vehicles that back over them, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Driver deaths in side-impact collisions dropped by more than half in sport utility vehicles equipped with head-protecting side air bags, insurance industry research shows.
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Automakers are failing to equip most  car models sold in the United States with seats and head  restraints that provide good protection against neck injuries  in rear-end crashes, according to a new insurance industry  study.
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For many new young drivers, the first license can come with a number of restrictions, including the number of passengers they can carry. But a new study has found that if the other teenagers are the driverâs siblings, the risk of being injured in an accident appears to be lower.
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Seat belts, air bags and other vehicle safety features have saved 329,000 lives since 1960, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Gentex integrates blind spot cameras into the rear view mirror. A new Senate bill would require "rearward visibility" to help prevent kids being hit by high-riding vehicles reversing. In Autopia.
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This promotional handout provided by SAAB, photo shows the 2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible. In a report issued by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, Saab and Volvo car seats do a better
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Study finds more than half of seats offer little protection against neck injury in a crash. By Dee-Ann Durbin. WASHINGTON -- More than half of the seats in cars do a poor job of preventing whiplash injury because
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A crash between two cars leaves two people dead and six injured, four of them seriously.
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Eating while driving could be more dangerous than you thought.
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YOU wouldn&#39;t buy a car without checking out its safety features, making sure the tires weren&#39;t flat, the brakes weren&#39;t faulty and the seat belts weren&#39;t broken.
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A sports utility vehicle blew a rear tire, careened into a median and rolled several times, killing four people. A fifth passenger and the teenage driver suffered minor injuries.