Author: Fair Warning
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IKEA agrees to massive recall of chests linked to tipover deaths of young children
By Brian Joseph
FairWarning
IKEA, the home furnishings giant, announced Tuesday that it is recalling about 180 models of chests and dressers that it admitted do not meet voluntary industry safety standards, including the popular MALM-style dresser, which has killed three children by tipping over and falling on them. -
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Growing momentum for self-driving cars worries safety advocates
By Brian Joseph
FairWarning
On Valentine’s Day in Silicon Valley, one of Google’s experimental, self-driving cars sideswiped a city bus at 2 miles an hour. The incident marked the first time an autonomous car contributed to an accident on a public road, but did nothing to diminish the Obama administration’s enthusiasm for driverless vehicles. -
In 2015, motorcycle crashes helped drive highway death toll to highest level in years
By Paul Feldman
FairWarning
Last year was a bad one for motorcyclists, with a new estimate showing that 5,010 bikers were killed in crashes nationwide, the worst death toll in seven years. And Florida led the nation. -
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Evidence mounts of distraction risks from digital billboards along roadways
By Paul Feldman
FairWarning
Digital billboards clearly catch the eye of passing motorists. But what is also increasingly clear is that such distractions can heighten safety risks in heavy traffic and other complex driving conditions, a long-time roadway researcher says. -
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Regulators, automakers urged to warn parents about flawed seats
By Myron Levin
FairWarning
For decades, safety regulators and the auto industry have known that even in a moderate speed rear-end crash a driver or front seat passenger can slide out of the seat belt and be launched headfirst into the backseat, badly injuring a backseat passenger or being paralyzed or killed himself. Since the 1990s, authorities have instructed parents to put young children in the backseat to avoid injury from an inflating airbag. But critics say they have failed to provide another crucial piece of information: Due to the risk of seat failure in a rear collision, the safest place for a child is behind an unoccupied seat, or else behind the lightest person in the front. -
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Thousands of drones fill the skies, raising fears of midair collisions
By Rick Schmitt and Stuart Silverstein
FairWarning
The popularity of drones, particularly ones used for recreation, is booming in the U.S., with sales of drones weighing more than a half-pound expected to reach 1 million this year. At the same time, critics fear that chances of a catastrophic collision with a manned aircraft –- possibly even a commercial jetliner –- also are soaring.
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