General Motors has expanded its recall for faulty ignition switches, recalling an additional 971,000 vehicles with newer model years. The expanded recall now includes the 2008-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, Saturn Ion, Pontiac Solstice, and Saturn Sky, and the...
A crash involving 3 big rigs and a Mercedes-Benz closed the east 210 Freeway transition to the west 134 Freeway early Wednesday, April 2nd. The crash occurred after one of the big rigs lost control of his vehicle on a wet roadway. The incident triggered a...
The Friedman Research Corporation, commissioned by The Center for Auto Safety, has released a new study showing that 303 people died as a result of airbag failure in the vehicles currently being recalled by General Motors for ignition switch problems. GM has recalled...
In a case before California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, a plaintiff is seeking punitive damages in a car crash that occurred because of a driver who was texting, the first court case of its kind to make it to trial. If the court sides with the plaintiff, texting...
158 auto accidents were reported to the California Highway Patrol between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on the morning of Friday, February 28th. Last week, only 46 accidents were reported for the same time period. That’s 39.5 accidents per hour. Several Sigalerts were...
The numbers 1, 2 and 3 lanes were closed on the northbound 405 after a pedestrian was killed on Wednesday, February 26th. A Sigalert was issued around 5:38 a.m. As of this posting, a Sigalert is still in effect. Not much is known about the incident at this time. The...
