More than 3000 people die every year in distracted driving accidents but some reckless drivers don’t seem to care. The new “trendy” thing to do is to post Driving Selfies on Instagram and other social media sites. This afternoon research for #drivingselfie on Instagram returned 3,774 posts, #drivingselfies 1,886 posts…
Another pedestrian was killed in a car accident in New York. A 74 year old woman was in a crosswalk on E. 141st street in South Bronx when she was hit by an SUV heading South on Beekman Street. She suffered a severe head injury and died at the hospital.…
Because a defective sensor may cause the car to brake on its own, Honda is recalling its Odyssey minivans from the 2007 and 2008 model years. Honda will install a new sensor on all recalled models. However new sensors will not be available until the spring of 2014. In the…
A young father died in front of his family after being struck by a crazy driver racing down a sidewalk in the Bronx, New York. Startling video shows the enraged driver racing a dark green 1998 Toyota Sienna down the sidewalk on E. 233rd St. in Wakefield as panicked families…
A 50 year old woman died after being struck by a car when she was crossing crossing Pennsylvania Ave. near Glenmore Ave in Brooklyn Wednesday night. 30 minutes later a similar accident happened in Queens. A 40 year old man died after he was struck by a car while crossing…
Defective brake control software may increase the risk of an accident for Nissan Pathfinders from model years 2013 and 2014, as well as Infiniti JX35 SUVs from model year 2013, and QX60 SUVs from model year 2014. In the affected vehicles, on rough or uneven roads, software settings in the…
In New York City in 2012 there were 152 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and 14,327 injuries. Of those 14,479 crashes, DMV data show NYPD cited 101 motorists for careless driving. That’s a citation rate of 0.7%. The careless driving law was initiated in 2009 and was intended as a minimum…
After too many pedestrians suffered personal injury or wrongful death in traffic accidents on Fourth Ave in Bay Ridge Brooklyn, New York City proposed to trim traffic lanes to slow speeding drivers. This proposal was rejected by the Brooklyn Community Board 10. According to the Brooklyn Daily, some board members…
Rosa Eubanks, 54, was killed in a car accident involving 3 vehicles Tuesday morning. Rosa, a city bus driver, was driving to her depot when her car slammed into another car and and the course struck a tractor trailer truck at the intersection of Ralph and Foster Aves in East…
Last march Hyundai recalled its Genesis Sedan model manufactured between April 1, 2008 and March 16, 2012 to fix a defective brake system but only 60% have been repaired. After the NHTSA received 23 complaints of incidents related to increased brake pedal travel and reduced brake effectiveness in model year…