Maryland authorities charged a 49-year-old man for his role in an accident involving a school bus filled with kindergarten students. Last month, the man’s SUV swerved in front of the bus, causing the bus to overturn. Seventeen people suffered injuries in the accident, including 10 of the children. Now the driver faces charges of reckless...
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Car Rental Companies Renting Out Recalled Vehicles
A 2010 audit by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed that car rental companies fix only half of recalled vehicles within a year. This past April, the American Car Rental Association (ACRA) announced a proposal that would allow rental companies to decide the seriousness of automobile recall issues. The measure gives rental...
Read MoreDC Woman Injured when Car Crashes into her Hotel Room
A 77-year-old Washington, D.C. woman got an unusual wake-up call earlier this month while staying at a New Jersey Holiday Inn. At approximately 1:40 a.m., a car crashed through the window of her hotel room while she was sleeping. The accident trapped her between the car and the wall for about 20 minutes...
Read MoreStudy Shows that DC Drivers Rank Last in Road Knowledge
The 2011 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test showed that DC drivers know the least when it comes to a driving IQ. Overall, the test results revealed that 36.9 million drivers do not possess the basic knowledge required to pass a driving test. That is approximately 18 percent of drivers on the road today. The...
Read MoreMaryland Trooper Killed in Collision with Tractor Trailer
A 39-year-old Maryland State Police trooper lost his life last month in a car accident on Interstate 95 in Howard County. The trooper was traveling south on I-95 around 2:40 a.m. when he hit a parked tractor-trailer on the shoulder, according to investigators. A witness told police that a speeding motorcycle and the...
Read MoreFederal Agency May Mandate Black Boxes in New Cars
The Department of Transportation (DOT) may adopt a rule that requires automakers to equip new cars with event data recorders (EDR) that would gather vital information in the event of an auto accident. The devices would do what “black boxes” do in airplane crashes. The DOT is uncertain whether it will move forward...
Read MoreMaryland Car Crash Kills Three People
According to authorities, a 20-year-old James Madison University student is responsible for a car accident that killed his three passengers last month in Maryland. The student was driving east on Olney-Laytonsville Road when his vehicle left the road, striking two trees and a utility pole. An 18-year-old passenger died at the scene, and...
Read MoreAuto Industry Leads Product Recalls
Automakers recalled over 20 million vehicles in the past three years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to the agency, Toyota recalled approximately 7.1 million cars in 2010, with Honda and Nissan recalling about 2 million each. Chrysler recalled 1.5 million vehicles, and Ford recalled over 500,000 cars in 2010. Safety...
Read MoreBus and Construction Vehicle Collide in Fairfax
A commuter bus crashed into the back of a construction vehicle last month in Fairfax on the Dulles Airport Access Road. The auto accident occurred in the eastbound lane and caused several injuries, according to police. Emergency responders took 13 people to the hospital, but none with life-threatening injuries. The Loudon County Transit commuter...
Read MoreTruck-Motorcycle Collision Kills Two in Virginia
A collision between a Ford truck and a group of motorcyclists left two dead in Chesapeake, Virginia earlier this month. Just before midnight on Mt. Pleasant Road, the Ford truck was westbound traveling toward the motorcycles, according to the police report. The accident shut down a large portion of Mt. Pleasant Road for...
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