Last year during Labor Day weekend, 40 % of all fatal crashes involved a drunk driver. This is according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and they say the number of women arrested for drunk driving is on the rise. They say that the number of women driving under the influence has increased nearly 30% from 1998 to 2007.
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NHTSA Withheld Data Showing Risks of Distracted Driving
According to the New York Times, Federal agency researchers were going to do a study starting in 2003. They were going to study 10,000 drivers over a period of time to determine the risks by cell phone use in vehicles. But the study was never official because there was pressure about upsetting Congress. The former head of NHTSA said it was suggested that they only gather the data and withhold the research.
Hundreds of pages from the research are being made public today for the first time due to two consumer groups, Center for Auto Safety and Public Citizen.
The researchers estimated in 2002 that cell phones used by drivers caused about 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents that year.
People say that by not publishing the findings, lives have been lost and the problem that we are looking at could be as bad as drunk driving!
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Manufacturers Announce Safety Recalls
Two motorcycle manufacturers and three automobile manufacturers have announced safety recalls this month. The recalls were issued by the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and include Harley-Davidson which is recalling 11,000 of its motorcycles, and Ducati which is recalling 730 of its motorcycles. The automobile manufacturers include Volvo which is recalling 17,500 models, Kia which is recalling 35,000 of its Optima model, and Hyundai which is recalling 175,000 vehicles. The recalls require that the defects in these motorcycles and vehicles be repaired with no expense to the consumer.
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