News in category: On The Road

For more than six years, the FAA has been told to order major airlines to fix the faulty window heaters aboard Boeing aircraft that spark fires and force emergency landings. The order may finally come next month.

A brake lining and wiring defect has more than 600,000 Chrysler vehicles recalled. This follows another Chrysler recall just one week ago over a sticky accelerator pedal.

37,000 traffic fatalities a year may represent an improvement over the statistics of the past, but various authorities opine on how we can make roads safer in this New York Times Opinion page.

More troubles for Toyota as 11,500 vehicles, some exported from Japan to the U.S., are recalled for problems with the computerized steering.

As the summer months approach and teens take to the road, a parent-child driver contract sets out the rules in a clear, concise way, complete with consequences.

A new law that went into effect to reduce the number of teen driving deaths, has sparked a public protest with promises to repeal Kyleigh's Law.

Toyota projects more than $3 billion in profit for this fiscal year while repairs are rolling along. Still outstanding is the question about glitches in the computer software that drives the car and may be behind deadly unintended accelerations.

STAND UP Act would bring in tiered system for licensing teen drivers raising the learner's permit to age 16 and making teens wait until the age of 18 to get their driver's license.

Air passing over an airline engine can contain toxic gases from slight hydraulic and engine leaks that pass into the passenger cabin and flight deck. "Bleed air" problems are coming to light as more people complain of neurotoxin symptoms.

A network of allegedly staged auto accident participants was busted in Tampa Thursday. An alleged injury can bring a participant a minimum of $10,000.

Abrasive silica materials can get into jet engines, melt and cause the engine to overheat. So far about 63,000 flights have been cancelled due to the eruptions from a volcanic glacier in Iceland.

The Toyota Sienna minivan is being recalled in the U.S. and Canada over a potentially corroded spare tire mount that can dump the spare on the road posing a hazard.

Toyota is temporarily halting sales of the Lexus GX460 after Consumer Reports found it was unstable, slid and had the potential to roll.

Toyota's internal documents show that the company delayed in issuing a recall, instead blaming drivers and thick floor mats, while a company VP urged, "We have to come clean." A second fine is pending.

A disturbing video is circulating the Internet showing the death of two Reuters journalists and civilians and the wounding of two children by the airmen in two Apache helicopters in July 2007. Reuters wants a full investigation.