Category Archives: Highway Troubles

Ford recalls 129,000 sedans; wheels may fall off

By doris | Published: December 9, 2011

Full Story at  news.Yahoo.com (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co has recalled nearly 129,000 of its Mercury Milan and top-selling Ford Fusion in the United States because their 17-inch steel wheels may fall off, U.S. safety regulators said on Friday. In some vehicles from model years 2010 and 2011, the wheel studs may fracture and make [...]

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Snow in Northeast could cut power to millions

By doris | Published: October 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — It’s a recipe for mass power outages: up to 15 inches of snow forecast in parts of the Northeast on Saturday — much of it landing on trees that have yet to shed their leaves in fall. “We’re expecting this very heavy and wet snow, and a lot [...]

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US official: Blast in Michigan was from car bomb

By doris | Published: September 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MONROE, Mich. — A blast that turned a vehicle along a Michigan street into a blackened shell and seriously injured an attorney and his two sons was the result of a car bomb, police said Wednesday. Emergency responders rushed to the site of the Tuesday evening explosion near a highway underpass [...]

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At 84, one man is still the ‘guardian angel’ of Route 66

By doris | Published: May 29, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SELIGMAN, Ariz. — Just after lunchtime in a town that is a monument to yesteryear, an old man is cruising down Route 66 using an eight-speed bicycle. He is tidily dressed in khaki slacks, a navy polo and a baseball cap that protects a mostly threadbare crown, save for a few [...]

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Nevada councilwoman found dead faced possible sanctions

By doris | Published: January 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Nevada city councilwoman who faced possible sanctions over a travel expense voucher and public comments was found dead with her husband Tuesday, hours before a city council meeting that had the issues involving her on its agenda, officials said. Donna Fairchild and Bill Fairchild were found in a [...]

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Fists swinging, Ohio woman comes to cop’s rescue

By doris | Published: December 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When she saw a Dayton, Ohio, police officer tangled up with a man, Angela Pierce could have kept on driving. Instead, she got out of the car to team up with the officer and join the fight. While the danger was real — especially with the suspect in arm’s [...]

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Mistakes drivers make

By doris | Published: December 4, 2010

Did you ever notice they way people drive now a days.  It just ticks me off when some on is coming the other way and they have a mailman in front of them, and they just go out around in your lane and you have to move over so not to get hit. They should [...]

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Nissan recalls 2 million cars worldwide

By doris | Published: October 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Nissan said Thursday it is recalling 2.14 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and Asia for an ignition problem that may stall engines. No accidents have been reported that are suspected of being related to the defect, according to Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. A problem was found in an ignition-system [...]

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Toyota recalls 1.53 million vehicles worldwide

By doris | Published: October 21, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.msn.com TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it was recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems. The world’s biggest auto-maker will call back about 740,000 cars in the U.S. for repairs and 599,000 in Japan. The remainder are [...]

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Abandoned truck on bridge not a threat, NYPD says

By doris | Published: May 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Authorities reopened the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, formerly known as Triborough Bridge, early Thursday morning after determining that a moving truck abandoned on it did not pose a threat. Police closed off the bridge for about two and a half hours in both directions after being made [...]

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Driver: My Prius took me for a ride

By doris | Published: March 13, 2010

Technology or just money that the cars are not safe. You judge for your self.Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The driver of a Toyota Prius says he was taken on a wild ride Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck, reaching speeds in excess of 90 mph on a winding, hilly portion of a [...]

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Toyota adds 1 million vehicles to recall

By doris | Published: January 28, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com New York (CNNMoney.com) — Toyota announced Wednesday night that it is adding another 1.1 million vehicles to an an earlier 4.2 million vehicle recall originally announced in November. The vehicles are being recalled to fix a problem in which the gas pedal can become caught on the edge of the removable [...]

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Ohio bus driver was on phone when man killed

By doris | Published: August 9, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com CLEVELAND – An Ohio bus driver who had been fired and reinstated after an earlier accident was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a pedestrian in March, according to investigators. Angela Williams, 49, of Cleveland, was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of aggravated vehicular homicide. If [...]

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Super Highway Link Mexico to Canada

By doris | Published: June 7, 2009

Full Story At ClickToNews.com The Bush adminstration is quietly making approval for a super highway 10 lanes wide, train, and oil pipe lines running from the South of Mexico to the Heart of America and onto Canada. This highly restricted highway will eliminate unions as cheap Mexican labour can take all products from the Far [...]

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U.S. highway deaths at lowest levels since 1961

By doris | Published: April 6, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – An economic downturn can have a bright side: U.S. highway deaths in 2008 fell to their lowest level since John F. Kennedy was president. The recession and $4 per gallon gas meant people drove less to save more. Experts also cited record high seat belt use, tighter enforcement of [...]

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Refinery Workers Set To Go On Strike

By doris | Published: February 1, 2009

Full Story At CBS News AP) With a third contract offer rejected, some 24,000 refinery workers from the Gulf of Mexico to Montana prepared to head to the picket lines Saturday just hours before an existing labor agreement expires. The nation’s biggest refiner, Valero Energy Corp., said it would shut down some facilities if workers [...]

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Car technology race still wide open: Japan execs

By doris | Published: December 11, 2008

Full Story At  Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – As Detroit’s Big Three automakers flirt with collapse, punished for years of over-dependence on gas-guzzlers, the future of the motor industry would seem to belong to energy conscious rivals such as Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co Ltd. Not necessarily, say Japanese auto executives. Honda Executive [...]

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Congressman gets jail for drunken driving

By doris | Published: December 9, 2008

Full Story At msnbc.com ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Disgraced New York Rep. Vito Fossella has been sentenced to five days in jail for drunken driving. Judge Becky Moore decided Fossella was so drunk he met the legal threshold for a five-day stint in jail. Fossella’s May 1 arrest led to revelations he had fathered a child [...]

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Iconic Stone Arch Collapses in Utah Park

By doris | Published: August 10, 2008

Full Story At AOL News One of Utah’s most distinct natural structures has collapsed. The famous Wall Arch in Arches National Park, which had become a favorite stopping point for photographers over the years, gave way to gravity and erosion. “They all let go after a while,” one official says.

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Urine Bottles: Another Result Of High Fuel Prices?

By doris | Published: August 8, 2008

Full Story At CBS News AP) Police say there’s been an alarming rise in urine-filled plastic containers found along a three-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon. A litter crew for the Oregon Department of Transportation picked up an estimated 200-300 urine filled plastic bottles, along the highway, about half of which were found [...]

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