Showing posts with label Car Accident. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Car Accident. Show all posts

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Highway Guard Rails Dangerous When Struck


ABC News 20/20 broadcast a segment about this highway danger on Friday September 19, 2014.
See it at this link
http://abc.go.com/shows/2020/listing/2014-09/18-2020-919-road-to-ruin

[From article]
Drivers in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and across the United States are alleging that the makers of guardrail terminals cut costs and inadvertently turned the safety devices into fatal implements in crashes.
Victims of crashes are filing a lawsuit against Trinity Industries as the company faces increased scrutiny from researchers and regulators over the safety of their guardrail posts, meant to reduce the force of impact in a crash.
One of those victims is Jay Traylor, a 36-year-old who crashed into a Trinity guardrail terminal in North Carolina after falling sleep behind the wheel.
[. . .]
But in 2005, Dallas-based Trinity Industries, which manufactures the terminals, made a small design change that reduced the size of a key piece from five inches to four inches.
Trinity never disclosed the change to regulators at the Federal Highway Administration, and the agency continued to allow Trinity-manufactured terminals along United States highways.
In an internal email from 2004, a Trinity executive writes that decreasing the size of the part one inch would save $2 per terminal, adding up to $50,000 in savings a year.
'If TTI [Texas A&M Transportation Institute] agrees, we could make this change with no announcement,' the email continues.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2763679/A-spear-came-car-Drivers-maimed-crashes-allege-guardrail-deadly-weapons-manufacturer-cut-costs.html

'A spear came through my car': Crash victims allege that highway guardrails become deadly weapons because the manufacturer cut costs
Jay Traylor, 36, is party to a lawsuit against Trinity Industries alleging that a failing guardrail impaled him and severed his legs
Trinity Industries, a Dallas-based manufacturer, changed the terminal design used in thousands of terminals
The company never disclosed the change to the Federal Highway Authority
Joshua Harman also filed a suit, now set to be retried, saying that the company knew design changes made the terminal heads less safe
A study released by University of Alabama Birmingham came to the same conclusion
The Federal Highway Authority is now conducting a nationwide review
By PETE D'AMATO FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 15:21 EST, 20 September 2014 | UPDATED: 10:58 EST, 21 September 2014

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Driverless Cars Tested




[From article]
An emergency stop button is on board and, if conditions confuse the system, the car will simply come to a halt.

Not always the best reaction.

[. . .]
Commuters could be driven to work in vehicles with office equipment or face-to-face seating for meetings. Designated drivers would be redundant and party cars could ferry groups to football matches stocked with beer, snacks and big-screen televisions. Driverless cars could take your kids to soccer practice, take blind or disabled people anywhere, pick up groceries or fetch the dog from its groomer.
[. . .]
New York hosted the world’s first driverless car demo — in 1925, when a radio-controlled car drove up Broadway and down Fifth Avenue in heavy traffic.

http://nypost.com/2014/06/21/how-google-might-put-taxi-drivers-out-of-business/

How Google might put taxi drivers out of business
By Diane Francis
June 21, 2014 | 3:19pm

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Motorcyclists Chase SUV in New York City, Attack Driver

Posted September 30, 2013 8:31 PM ET; Last updated October 1, 2013 9:00 PM ET

What happened to the cobblestones on the West Side Highway? 
[Scroll down for video]

This report says the motorcycle gang was black.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/black-biker-gang-beats-suv-driver-in-nyc/

Black biker gang behind SUV attack in NYC
Police make arrest after assault caught on tape
Colin Flaherty
October 1, 2013


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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/pack-motorcyclists-chase-man-suv-attack-upper-manhattan-street-fender-bender-west-side-highway-article-1.1471585

SEE IT: Pack of motorcyclists chase driver, his wife and child in SUV, attack him in upper Manhattan after fender bender on West Side Highway
Alexian Lien's Range Rover was surrounded by several bikers on the West Side Highway on Sunday. One biker apparently cut the driver off and slammed on the brakes just before the SUV bumped his rear tire. But when Lien — who was driving his wife, Rosalyn, and their 5-month-old child — stopped, several bikers began to damage his SUV. Lien fled, striking one biker. But the group caught up to him and pummeled him before cops arrived.
BY JOE KEMP / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, 9:55 AM
UPDATED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, 2:31 PM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2438620/Shocking-video-Range-Rover-crashing-bikers-surround-vehicle-annual-street-ride.html

Revealed: The driver who was chased and beaten up in front of his wife and child by a pack of motorcyclists after trying to run over them in his SUV
Alexian Lien's Range Rover was the man attacked by motorcyclists after he accidentally hit a biker Lien, 33, then crash through the mob in his vehicle, fearing for the safety of his wife Rosalyn Ng, and their 5-month-old child
Bikers chase the SUV, carrying couple and young child, and try to attack it
Lien speeds off hitting motorcyclists for the second time
It eventually grinds to a halt in NYC traffic and bikers smash the window
Lien was treated in hospital for lacerations to his face and body
Police said, contradictory to online comments, there were no other injuries
By Helen Collis
PUBLISHED: 06:04 EST, 30 September 2013 | UPDATED: 16:12 EST, 30 September 2013 DailyMail (UK)


Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ohio Trooper Hits Couple on Motorcycle

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417552/Dash-cam-captures-Ohio-police-officer-hitting-couple-motorcycle.html

Dash cam captures the moment a police officer HIT a couple on a motorcycle
Couple rear-ended by state trooper on highway
Trooper fails to see the motorbike in the final moments before the crash
One month on, both are still suffering from their injuries but say they have forgiven the trooper
Officer may still face criminal charges for the accident
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 08:23 EST, 11 September 2013 | UPDATED: 12:26 EST, 11 September 2013


Friday, August 30, 2013

Journalist Killed in Suspicious Car Crash




[From article]
In July, a source provided the station with an email hacked from “super secret CIA contractor” Stratfor’s President Fred Burton and subsequently posted on WikiLeaks that suggested Brennan was in charge of the Obama administration’s surveillance of investigative journalists.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/mystery-grows-in-journalists-death-prepping-obama-expose/

MYSTERY GROWS: JOURNALIST DIED PREPPING OBAMA EXPOSÉ
Major probe tied to agent suspected of sanitizing president's passport records
August 29, 2013
Jerome R. Corsi

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Good Police Work, Florida


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-collier-to-broward-chase-20130827,0,679284.story

Police chase from Naples ends in Lauderhill
Police chase leads to 3-car accident and 3 under arrest
By Linda Trischitta
Sun Sentinel
6:10 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2013


Thursday, July 25, 2013

Digital Carjackers Show Off New Attacks




Anatomy of an auto hack: With just a laptop connected to its diagnostics port, Valasek and Miller turned an innocent Prius into the world's worst amusement park ride. Here what they could do.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/07/24/hackers-reveal-nasty-new-car-attacks-with-me-behind-the-wheel-video/

Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks--With Me Behind The Wheel (Video)
This story appears in the August 12, 2013 issue of Forbes.
Andy Greenberg, Forbes Staff
Covering the worlds of data security, privacy and hacker culture.


Published on Jul 24, 2013
A couple of hackers show off a series of nasty new attacks on cars—with Forbes' Andy Greenberg behind the wheel.



Sunday, June 10, 2012

Did New Office Building Cause a Crash?

New office building under construction at Massachusetts Avenue and Trowbridge Street in Cambridge MA. It is an  unusual color. Did that cause the accident to the median at that location? Or was it simply texting, drinking before (or while) driving or just not paying  attention? 




















Thursday, July 28, 2011

Woman Driver In Expensive Accident

[From article]
"Scientists at the University of Michigan looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers."

Hope you're insured, madam: A policeman tries to sort out the chaos beside Monte Carlo's Place du Casino
Hope you're insured, madam: A policeman tries to sort out the chaos beside Monte Carlo's Place du Casino

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019340/Hapless-blonde-crashes-250k-Bentley-FOUR-supercars.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Oops, it's a £700,000 prang... Hapless blonde crashes her Bentley into a Merc, Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin
By Lee Moran
Daily Mail (UK)

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Truck Hits Two Cars on NY Highway

Typical of New Yorkers, at least a dozen civilians stopped to help the people in the vehicles.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Cambridge MA Police Investigate Accident APR 24 2008

In the parking area of the Porter Square Shopping Center, Cambridge MA Police with an ambulance investigate an accident.