SUV safety focus shifts to crash avoidance and sportability
Auto safety experts note rising US highway fatalities and SUV rollover crashes as key concerns. NHTSA data shows 59 percent of fatals involve unbelted drivers. advocates push for roof-mounted airbags and stronger roof standards. Critics like Ralph Nader argue trends worsen due to higher SUV mix and unstable vehicles.
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Advances in crash avoidance gear eyed to cut fatalities
United Kingdom data and industry experts discuss crash avoidance tech as a path to lower death rates. Adaptive cruise control and electronic stability control offer warning and brake intervention to prevent wrecks, but driver interaction and cost may limit adoption. Regulators weigh mandates while carmakers price these systems into new models.
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Beaver dam blamed for freight train derailment in Michigan
A southbound CSX freight train derailed near Holly Township after a beaver dam collapse washed out a culvert. The incident, amid heavy rain, left two locomotives on their sides and fifteen cars derailed. The engineer and conductor had minor injuries and residents were evacuated briefly.
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Covington
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Detroit
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