According to the LA TIMES, “Toyota spent years concealing evidence from victims of hundreds of rollover accidents that resulted in death and injury, a former top lawyer for the automaker says.” Dimitrios P. Biller of Pacific Palisades, “a former managing counsel for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., said in the suit that the company repeatedly…
NATIONWIDE – In a column in the Wall Street Journal (8/25), Joseph White writes that beginning with 2010 models, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will require that vehicles meet higher standards for roof strength in order to receive its top safety pick rating. In addition, starting with 2011 models, the National Highway Traffic Safety…
Every year in the United States, more than 10,000 people are killed in rollover accidents, and some 24,000 more are seriously injured. SUVs and pickups are the most rollover-prone vehicles. Some say that tougher standards and more rigorous testing are urgently needed. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s report published in 2008 – Roof Strength…