Archive for January 09, 2007

LATCH Child Safety System Dangerously Underused

A recent NHSTA study concludes that the effectiveness of the LATCH child restraint system is being undermined because parents either do not know about the system, or do not understand how to use it properly.

21-Year-Old Man Sentenced to Prison for DUI Death

In Ballston Spa, New York, Joshua Halse was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison for killing a jogger while driving drunk and high on marijuana.

NHTSA Seeks to Reduce Back-Over Fatalities

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently presented to Congress the preliminary findings of their study on technologies that are designed to reduce back-over crashes, focusing on the problem of drivers backing over small children.

Utah Couple's SUV Explosion a Probable Suicide

Duston Riley, 26, and his ex-wife Andrea Riley, 27, of Farmington, Utah, died on Jan. 6 in their SUV after Duston sprayed gasoline into it and apparently set it on fire while sitting inside it.