The Story: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) claims that GM’s recall screening process may be insufficient to spot dangerous or defective automobiles. The announcement from the federal agency comes after GM’s recall in May of over 40,000 vehicles due to fire hazards. After receiving reports of vehicles that posed fire hazards to drivers, GM recalled 42,903 Buick…
According to Virginia State Police, seven motorists were killed on Virginia roadways over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Though seven is certainly too many, it does represent a drop from the 10 deaths that occurred over the same period last year. Police say three of those killed were motorcyclists, with fatal motorcycle accidents happening…
Even police officers can be injured by a drunk driver. If a drunk driver is not even cognizant enough to avoid a police officer, what chance do you stand. According to police, the at-fault driver was driving down Independence Boulevard in VA Beach and made a left onto Euclid Road when he struck a vehicle; the driver then…
The high rate of deaths attributed to misdiagnoses in medicine could be addressed if the problem was more accurately reported, according to a new study.vvAccording to the research, published in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety, shows that diagnostic error is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for between 40,000…
Clean burning, lead free, dozens of varieties and colors. No wonder nearly 5,000 Swan Creek scented votive candles were sold. However these candles are a potential burn hazard and because of their defective nature have been recalled. The company has already received about 89 reports of the loose votive candles with high or erratic flames…