2016-2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE recalled to fix airbag problem
Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 48,000 GLE models from 2016 and 2017 to address a software flaw that could prevent the crossover's airbags from working as intended. The problem is rooted in the GLE's occupant classification system (OCS), which determines whether or not an adult is seated in the front passenger's seat and turns the...
L.I.R.R. Train That Crashed Was Going Over Twice Speed Limit, Inquiry Finds
A Long Island Rail Road train that crashed in Brooklyn on Wednesday was going more than twice the speed limit when it slammed into a train station, injuring more than 100 people, federal investigators said on Thursday.
The train was traveling at more than 10 miles per hour when it hit the end of the...
Proposed Safety Regulations To Impact Autonomous Vehicle Market
New Technology to Reduce Many Types of Crashes
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed new safety regulations that got very little coverage; perhaps because the proposed rule came out on December 13th just before the yearend holidays. These regulations would use a new technology...
FDNY: More than 100 hurt in LIRR train accident at Atlantic Terminal
Federal investigators are trying to determine why a rush-hour Long Island Rail Road train crashed through a barrier at the end of the tracks at the Brooklyn terminal Wednesday, injuring more than 100 people.
At a news briefing at Atlantic Terminal on Wednesday night, lead investigator Jim Southworth said National Transportation Safety Board officials planned...
Feds Investigate Claims That Hyundai Seat Belts Broke Loose In Crashes
Federal regulators are investigating whether to recall about 313,000 2013 Hyundai Sonatas after receiving allegations that the front passenger seat belt broke loose in a crash.
The investigation was prompted by complaints by two owners.
In each case the owner claimed that the front passenger belt broke away from its anchoring point on the floor, the...
NHTSA flags some Jaguars, Land Rovers after rollaways
Some Land Rover SUVs and Jaguar XF sedans are being evaluated following reports of consumer injuries after the vehicles rolled away while parked, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigation (ODI) has received seven reports of rollaways for...
A man using FaceTime killed a 5-year-old girl in a highway crash. Was Apple to blame?
Buckled in her booster seat in the back of her family’s Toyota Camry, Moriah Modisette got the worst of the crash.
It was the day before Christmas 2014, and Moriah and her family — father James, mother Bethany and older sister Isabella — were in Denton County, Tex., headed south on Interstate 35W.
There was some...
New Essure lawsuit filed against Bayer and physician in North Carolina
Kristiana Tweed Burrell, whose stillborn daughter Ariel Grace inspired the name of a bill that would have enhanced a victim's ability to sue medical device manufacturers, has filed a lawsuit in North Carolina against Bayer Corp. for damages caused by its sterilization implant Essure.
The complaint alleges medical malpractice,
Daily Drive-Thru: Takata settlement could reach up to $1B, Ford unveils next-gen autonomous car, and more
Takata and its ongoing airbag saga headlines today’s Daily Drive-Thru with reports stating a high-dollar criminal probe settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice while the U.S. Department of Transportation continues to look for ways to accelerate replacement of the defective airbags. Unfortunately, this recall...
Medtronic must face revived U.S. lawsuit over Infuse
A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Medtronic Plc of defrauding shareholders by covering up negative side effects from its Infuse bone growth product for nearly a decade.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul, Minnesota said a lower court judge erred in finding that the plaintiff shareholders sued...
