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New Cars' Safety Gadgets Complicate Repairs

New Cars' Safety Gadgets Complicate Repairs

The crash avoidance features common on new cars have proven safety benefits but a study finds they can also run up big repair bills and can sometimes cause problems after they've been repaired. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety surveyed owners of vehicles equipped with front crash prevention,

Kids' Robes Sold on Amazon Recalled for Fire Danger

Kids' Robes Sold on Amazon Recalled for Fire Danger

Children's clothing sold exclusively on Amazon is being recalled because it fails to meet flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Consumers should immediately take the recalled robes away from children, stop using

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Feds Set New Safety Standards for Gas Cans

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is requiring new flame mitigation devices on gas cans and other fuel containers in an effort to make them safer. Each year, thousands of people go to emergency departments with burn injuries related to flammable liquids, CPSC said. Many burn incidents involve

Toyota Sienna Seat Belt Reminders Get Top Marks

Toyota Sienna Seat Belt Reminders Get Top Marks

Seat belt reminders can be annoying but they can also be life-savers, especially when you're transporting children who may ignore adult instructions to buckle up, so you might think that family-oriented minivans would put some extra care into them. But apparently not. In recent tests, the 2023 Toyota

Pedestrian, Bicycle Deaths Hit New Highs

Pedestrian, Bicycle Deaths Hit New Highs

Traffic fatalities inched higher last year but pedestrian and bicycle deaths rose by historic amounts. In 2021, pedestrians killed jumped 13% to 7,342, the most since 1981. The number of people on bicycles who were killed rose 5% to 985, the most since at least 1980, according to the

Subaru Outback Aces New Side Impact Test; Others Not So Much

Subaru Outback Aces New Side Impact Test; Others Not So Much

The Subaru Outback is the only midsize car to earn a good rating in an updated side impact test, with the Hyundai Sonata and Volkswagen Jetta scoring acceptable ratings out of the seven cars tested. The new crash test was devised by the non-profit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety after

New Law Raises Safety Standards for Infant Cribs

New Law Raises Safety Standards for Infant Cribs

Babies should be sleeping safely under terms of a new law that prohibits making or selling padded baby crib bumper pads and inclined sleeping products for infants. President Biden signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act (H.R. 3182) into law earlier this month. It was passed unanimously in the