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Auto makers put gear-shift safety system on vehicles It happens all too often. Children playing driver in their parent's parked cars, while mom and dad are not looking, shift the gear-shift from P for park, into N for neutral. The results have often been tragic, and sometimes fatal, as vehicles with children in them have rolled down hills and into traffic. According to the Associated Press and the Detroit News, 19 automakers have made a deal with the U.S. government to install something known as a "brake-shift interlock." Many drivers are already familiar with this interlock, though they may not know it. If you have a vehicle that requires you to put your foot on the brake pedal before you can shift out of park, you're already driving a car that protects your children, a car with a brake-shift interlock. Lawsuit against auto Following on the heels of California's enacting of the toughest anti-greenhouse gas emission law in the U.S., the California Attorney General is suing car companies. He charges that the state spends millions of dollars as a result of damage from global warming, in increased health care costs, wildfires, beach erosion and pollution. He says a lot of it is due to the greenhouse gas emissions spewed by
cars. Vehicles emit thirty percent of the carbon dioxide in California
and the state's lawsuit says the automakers should be the ones footing
the bill. But California's real goal, according to the Attorney General,
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Environmental Protection Agency announces
1. Toyota Prius (hybrid-electric) - 60/51 mpg (city/hwy) 2. Honda Civic Hybrid - 49/51 3. Toyota Camry Hybrid - 40/38 4. Ford Escape Hybrid FWD - 36/31 5. Toyota Yaris (manual) - 34/40 6. Toyota Yaris (automatic) - 34/39 7. Honda Fit (manual) - 33/38 8. Toyota Corolla (manual) - 32/41
9. Hyundai Accent
(manual) - 32/35
10. Ford Escape Hybrid
4WD - 32/29
EPA's Highest Fuel Economy by Vehicle Class for 2007 Model Year
Two Seater : Mazda MX-5 (manual) - 25/30 mpg (city/hwy) MiniCompact: New Beetle Convertible - 22/30 SubCompact: Toyota Yaris (manual) - 34/40 Compact: Honda Civic Hybrid - 49/51 Midsize: Toyota Prius (hybrid) - 60/51 Large: Hyundai Sonata (manual) - 24/34 Minivan : Dodge Caravan 2WD - 20/26
Pickup: Ford Ranger Pickup 2WD (manual) - 24/29 Small Station Wagon: Honda Fit - 33/38 Midsize Station Wagon: Ford Focus Wagon (manual) - 27/37 Sport Utility Vehicle : Ford Escape Hybrid FWD - 36/31
Van
(Cargo & Passenger): Chevrolet G1500/2500 Chevy Van 2WD - 15/20
(4.3 and 5.3
liter engines) (4.3 and 5.3 liter engines)
Source: Environmental Protection Agency / US Department of Energy
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We recommend that before buying any car and even if you're currently happy with the car you have, you check out the crash test info at http://www.safercar.gov/ a web site put up by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This same info will be put on safety stickers that will be prominently displayed on all new vehicles offered for sale...beginning in September of 2007. We think you ought to take a peak now. |
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