The driving records of California’s self-driving cars have recently been made public, and they are not impressive. The cars have been on public roads in California since September 2014 – the first month that the state issued permits for companies …
Takata Corp. recently announced a recall of almost 34 million vehicles due to faulty air bags. The company had initially recalled 17 million vehicles because of air bag problems, but finally bowed to pressure from regulators to recall more vehicles. …
A California woman was recently awarded $13 million after she contracted mesothelioma from using talcum powder that contains asbestos. The powder was manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive. The woman’s attorneys claimed that she got mesothelioma from using Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder. The …
Bumble Bee Foods and two of its managers have been charged by Los Angeles prosecutors for violating safety regulations that led to a horrifying workplace accident. A 62 year old employee at the company’s Santa Fe plant was performing maintenance …
An angry Uber driver intentionally ran into a man riding a bicycle at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco earlier this month on a busy Sunday afternoon. The attack occurred after the bicyclist rode up to the Uber vehicle and began …
A San Francisco Muni cable car driver was rushed to the hospital earlier this month with critical injuries after he was hit by a car. The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. on the Powell Cable Car between Washington and Jackson …
When most people think of crashes involving tractor trailers, they think of the injuries and deaths of the people in passenger vehicles that are hit by trucks. However, hundreds of truckers are killed every year in accidents. Among the 2.6 …
A new study from the University of Michigan claims that putting technology that prevents drunk drivers from starting a vehicle into every car and truck in the U.S. could save 59,000 lives and $343 million over 15 years. The study …
A tragic incident occurred in Martinez last week, resulting in the death of a pregnant woman. During a construction project, the bed of a truck at a city construction project raised to dump its load of gravel. Instead of dumping …
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