Safety concerns rise over 15 passenger van rollovers
Nation investigates deadly rollover pattern as 15 seat vans used by churches colleges and employers show high crash risks. Officials urge limits and safer designs while Ford and Chrysler defend safety and attribute crashes to driver error seat belt use and heavy loads.
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NHTSA study links heavy loads to higher rollover risk in large vans
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration researchers find 15 passenger vans with 10 or more occupants are over twice as likely to roll over as lightly loaded vans. Stability factors fall sharply with weight, more so for 15 seater vans than minivans, based on comparisons across seven states.
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Ford
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Los Angeles Times
Vehicle safety tips from a former UM scientist
Milton Chace argues drivers of passenger vans should avoid carrying adults, keep roof racks empty, fill the gas tank, and place heavy cargo on the floor to reduce top heaviness. He urges conservative driving and avoiding emergency maneuvers, and suggests offset wheels and high quality standard tires changed before wear. Tires must never fail.
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University of Michigan
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Los Angeles Times
Caribbean banana farmers brace for worst
In Saint Vincent, Alston Lewis surveys dry hillside banana rows as prices stay low. Global trade deals threaten 15 acres of Lewis’s crop and thousands of small Caribbean growers, who fear being edged out by cheaper Latin American fruit. Island leaders urge adaptation to a harsher world economy.
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Banana trade reforms threaten Windward Islands farmers
Caribbean banana growers face sharp cut in quotas and rising unemployment as the US EU pact shifts policy. St Vincent leaders warn the Windward Islands may shrink from 190000 to 5000 farmers, with loans, retraining programs, and debt restructuring on the table. EU aid totals about 56 million to fund industry overhaul.
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U.S
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Caribbean
SpectraLink Links With Siemens for Europe Wireless Deal
SpectraLink Corp plans a major expansion through a deal with Siemens Information and Communication Networks, a Siemens AG unit, to resell NetLink Wireless Telephone System across Europe. SpectraLink, based in Boulder with 300 employees, cites Siemens as a gateway to broad European markets while existing customers include Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble, IBM and Lowe's. NetLink adds high speed data to Link, enabling inventory data and calls away from desks in retailers, hospitals and schools.
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Concorde could resume flights as early as autumn
EADS spokesman said Concorde may fly again by September after addressing technical issues raised by the July 25 crash near Paris that killed 113 people. British Airways and Air France concordes remain grounded as tests proceed with a potential autumn return.
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EADS
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