Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals top vehicles of 2012 - Vancouver Sun

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals top vehicles of 2012
Vancouver Sun
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its top safety picks for 2012. The institute website states: “To determine crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash — the institute rates vehicles as good, ...

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Numerous safety advocates fight for mandatory ignition interlock devices - Smith Mountain Eagle

Numerous safety advocates fight for mandatory ignition interlock devices
Smith Mountain Eagle
(Center for Excellence in Rural Safety at the University of Minnesota, May 2010) o 84 percent support ignition interlocks for convicted drunk drivers. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 2009 Survey)

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Price trumps safety when it comes to buying vehicles in BC: survey - Victoria Times Colonist

Price trumps safety when it comes to buying vehicles in BC: survey
Victoria Times Colonist
Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a group that prepares an annual list of vehicle performances in crash tests, said not all cars are created equal. “There are vehicles that go a step further and are the cream of the ...
Price more important than safety, BC car buyers say Canadian Underwriter
Safety numbers kind of scary Langley AdvanceNews

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2012 Chrysler 300 and 2012 Dodge Charger Achieve 5-Star Safety Rating from ... - 3D Car Shows


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2012 Chrysler 300 and 2012 Dodge Charger Achieve 5-Star Safety Rating from ...
3D Car Shows
Earlier this year, the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger were named a “Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Both the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger are equipped with more than 65 safety and security features, ...

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Unfounded Attacks on Electric Cars Endanger American Jobs - Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)


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Unfounded Attacks on Electric Cars Endanger American Jobs
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Issa's theatrics only revealed that such batteries have caused zero real world vehicle fires (a regrettably common occurrence for gasoline vehicles), and that both NHTSA and the independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety intend to retain their ...

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Insurance Institute Elects Alfa's Joyce as Chairman of Board - Bloomberg

Insurance Institute Elects Alfa's Joyce as Chairman of Board
Bloomberg
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety elected Douglas Joyce as the chairman of its board of directors. Joyce, the president of Alfa Alliance Insurance Corp., succeeds Steven George, chief operations officer of AAA of Northern California, Nevada, ...

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Setting the stage for safety - nwitimes.com

Setting the stage for safety
nwitimes.com
"The front center airbag has real potential to save lives in side crashes," said Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "GM and Takata are to be commended for taking the lead in this important area.

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