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Problems Mount for Toyota
After surviving a bombardment of questions regarding unintended acceleration issues during back-to-back Congressional hearings, the worlds largest automaker is now facing additional problems. Those problems include: Toyota faces a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in NY The SEC is conducting an investigation U.S. dealerships are facing repairs to potentially millions…
Read MoreToyota Recalls May Not Solve Acceleration Problem
Testimony in the House Energy and Commerce Committees hearing into safety issues ended with no definitive answers. In fact, Toyota USA President Jim Lentz left people with more questions. During his testimony, Lentz acknowledged the runaway car problem had not been fixed and that the recall on carpet changes and…
Read MoreWisconsin Traffic Deaths Lowest since WWII
Wisconsin is closing 2009 on pace for its lowest annual tally of traffic deaths since World War II. As of Wednesday, 532 people had died on state roads this year, compared with 573 on the same date in 2008, and at the lowest annual count since 1944, when 526 people…
Read MoreToyota Recall
Key Points: Toyota will have dealers shorten the length of the gas pedals beginning in January New pedals will be available in April Some vehicles will have brake override systems, or a smart brake. (The system will stop the car if both the brake and accelerator pedals are applied simultaneously….
Read MoreSafest Vehicles of 2010 Model Year
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its top safety picks earlier this week to 19 passenger cars and eight SUVs for the 2010 model year. Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the annual list of the safest new vehicles. The number of awards this year (27) was dramatically reduced from…
Read MoreLast Month’s Fatal Crashes Tie Record Low
The number of fatalities on Wisconsin highways in October tied the record lowest number for the month since monthly traffic fatality statistics started being recorded approximately 70 years ago. According to the Department of Transportation, there were 38 crashes last month in which 40 people were killed. The number of…
Read MoreOrfordville Man Killed in Truck Accident
An Orfordville man was killed Sunday after his SUV was hit by a tandem axle truck at the intersection of Hwy. 213 and Hwy. 11 in Orfordville, Wis. According to the sheriffs office, Harris Speich, 72, and his 71-year-old wife Ilene were traveling northbound on Hwy. 213 when they stopped at the…
Read MoreFord Recalls 4.5M Vehicles for Defective Cruise Control
Ford Motor Company will recall an additional 4.5 million older vehicles because a defective cruise control switch could cause a fire. The latest recall brings Ford’s total to 14.3 million vehicles over 10 years, making it the largest recall in history involving a single problem. The recall includes 1.1 million…
Read MoreSerious Accident in Lafayette County
A Darlington woman was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving was struck by an Illinois woman who failed to stop at a stop sign. The car crash happened at the intersection of County O and County W, about a mile north of the Wisconsin-Illinois state line…
Read MoreToxicology Showed Teacher Had BAC Triple the Limit
Toxicology reports show the teacher who was involved in the double-fatal crash in Washington County was intoxicated at the time of the accident Rachael Olson, 34, had a BAC of 0.24% at the time of the accident which killed her and claimed the life of 60-year-old Bette Voek. Olson, a sixth-grade…
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