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		<title>Shareholder Revolt Takes Out Three Traffic Camera Company Leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Angry shareholders yesterday ousted the chairman of the board of a major traffic camera company and two of his closest allies. Redflex Chairman Chris Cooper and Directors Peter Lewinsky and Roger Sawley resigned to avoid an embarrassing vote after learning that a majority of shareholder proxies expressed no confidence in their continued leadership. The internal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IIHS Moves Crash Test Goalposts, Pisses Off Toyota</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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The IIHS has released its &#8220;Top Safety Picks 2010,&#8221; and thanks in part to the addition of roof crush tests that exceed federal standards (4x vehicle weight for an &#8220;acceptable&#8221; score) , a spot of drama has ensued. Not a single Toyota, Lexus or Scion made the list, for example, causing Toyota&#8217;s Irv Miller to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oops! Ferrari California Crashes In Front of Ferrari California</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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		<title>Toyota: What Floor Mat Issue?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-what-floor-mat-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-what-floor-mat-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Horner</dc:creator>
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CBS&#8217; Marketwatch reports from Tokyo (or more accurately, blogs the Japanese Business Daily Nikkei&#8217;s reporting) that Toyota is going to change out accelerator pedals in US market vehicles in hopes of putting the issue behind them. &#8220;Toyota Motor Corp. will make changes to gas pedals in certain U.S. models under an agreement with the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rhode Island Governor Vetoes E-ZPass Privacy Bill</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/rhode-island-governor-vetoes-e-zpass-privacy-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
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		<title>CA BART EMP NSFJ (Not Safe for Jettas)?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ca-bart-emp-nsfj-not-safe-for-jettas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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What a charming title for an automotive advice column: &#8220;Queen of the Road.&#8221; No, it doesn&#8217;t appear in a Utah newspaper. But the California curmudgeon is as credulous as the spiritual descendants of the talking salamander. His/her reader posits: &#8220;I drive daily on westbound Highway 24 through Lafayette, usually in the early evening. On several [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Afraid Of Scary At-The-Limits Handling?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whos-afraid-of-scary-at-the-limits-handling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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OK, your insurer might be. You&#8217;ll be fine though.
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>NHTSA: Pedestrian and Cyclists Crash Rates Higher For Hybrids</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-pedestrian-and-cyclists-crash-rates-higher-for-hybrids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-pedestrian-and-cyclists-crash-rates-higher-for-hybrids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An NHTSA report [PDF] on the &#8220;Incidence of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crashes by Hybrid Electric Passenger Vehicles,&#8221; concludes that hybrid-electrics (HEVs) have a higher incidence rate of pedestrian and bicyclist crashes than do internal combustion-only (ICE) vehicles in certain scenarios. And based on the report&#8217;s conclusions, it looks like the relative silence of hybrids running [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>Feds to Switch from Polyvinyl Toluene Detectors to Advanced Spectroscopic Portals?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/feds-to-switch-from-polyvinyl-toluene-detectors-to-advanced-spectroscopic-portals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/feds-to-switch-from-polyvinyl-toluene-detectors-to-advanced-spectroscopic-portals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Welcome the wacky world of nuclear bomb detection, as practiced by U.S. border guards protecting The Land of the Free from terrorist infiltration via our neighbors to the north. The Vancouver Sun reports the reassuring news that &#8220;every car, truck and passenger entering the United States by land from Canada is now searched for nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Flu Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/one-flu-over-the-cuckoos-nest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/one-flu-over-the-cuckoos-nest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve just spent five fun-filled days looking after two flu-filled sprogs whilst suffering from the selfsame porcine virus. And on the sixth day, I took my wife to the ER to stop, well, you don&#8217;t want to know (nor does she want me to tell you). Although I&#8217;ve managed to avoid buying a &#8220;I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulated Toyota Posts Unexpected 2Q Profit, Lower Annual Loss; Denies Floor Mat Cover-up</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/stimulated-toyota-posts-unexpexted-2q-profit-lower-annual-loss-investors-unipressed-denies-floor-mat-cover-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/stimulated-toyota-posts-unexpexted-2q-profit-lower-annual-loss-investors-unipressed-denies-floor-mat-cover-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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Thanks largely to stimulus programs in the US and Europe, Toyota announced that it has eked out an operating profit of 58 billion yen instead of the average estimated loss of 63 billion yen from five analysts. Toyota now is forecasting a lower operating loss of 350 billion yen ($3.9 billion) for the year through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHTSA to Toyota: Stop Lying About Floormatgate</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-to-toyota-stop-lying-about-floormatgate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-to-toyota-stop-lying-about-floormatgate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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The Brits have an expression for this situation: &#8220;When you&#8217;re in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging.&#8221;
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a statement today correcting inaccurate and misleading information put out by Toyota concerning a safety recall involving 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles:
A press release put out [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Toyota: Floor mats absolutely, positively, 100% certainly the problem</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-floor-mats-absolutely-positively-100-certainly-the-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-floor-mats-absolutely-positively-100-certainly-the-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
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Not taking a page out of Audi&#8217;s playbook, Toyota has decided that the best defense is a strong offense. The risk of the accelerator getting jammed is strictly a problem of unintended loose or ill-fitting floor mats, according to Toyota Bob Carter, general manager of the Toyota-brand division of Toyota Motor Sales USA. Letters are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Downside of OnStar</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-downside-of-onstar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-downside-of-onstar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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We now know that OnStar is a PITA if you&#8217;re doing a quarter mile in a 700hp+ Hennessey-tuned Cadillac CTS-V (a.k.a. V700). The service doesn&#8217;t know the difference between a performance run and an accident. Har har. Even so, this incident raises some questions about GM&#8217;s Big Brother division.

First, the Caddy didn&#8217;t crash or brake [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Greek Editorial: Hybrids Fundamentally Unsafe</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/greek-editorial-hybrids-fundamentally-unsafe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/greek-editorial-hybrids-fundamentally-unsafe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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Thanks to the laws regarding &#8220;fair use,&#8221; TTAC can blog on your behalf. Obviously, we don&#8217;t cut and paste entire articles. Except when we do. This is one of those cases where a misleading headline deserves the full monty [via ekathimerini.com]. Or, as the Greek sage/storyteller Aesop said, &#8220;We hang the petty thieves and appoint [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Onstar Scares Edmunds</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/onstar-scares-edmunds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/onstar-scares-edmunds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gizmology]]></category>
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Edmunds Editor-in-Chief Karl Brauer apparently shares our ambivalence about GM&#8217;s in-car nanny, Onstar. And not for paranoid reasons either. He explains:
See, I like to think of myself as relatively self-sufficient. Sure, I&#8217;ll ask for help but I have to really need it first. However, on a semi-regular basis, when I&#8217;m in an OnStar-equipped car I find [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>NHTSA: ABS Braking Increases &#8220;Fatal Run-off-Road Crashes&#8221; by 34%</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-abs-braking-increases-fatal-run-off-road-crashes-by-34/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nhtsa-abs-braking-increases-fatal-run-off-road-crashes-by-34/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
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A National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) study on Antilock Braking Systems (ABS) reveals that they&#8217;re not all that. In fact, the technology increases fatalities in certain circumstances. (Not that Frank Williams didn&#8217;t warn you back in 2006.) &#8220;ABS has close to a zero net effect on fatal crash involvements. Fatal run-off-road crashes of passenger [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>71</slash:comments>
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		<title>Down With Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/down-with-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/down-with-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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The Mainstream Media has a thing about safety-related stories. It started with the &#8220;if it bleeds it leads&#8221; paradigm, and has become a predictable hobbyhorse thanks to the fact that you&#8217;d have to be the worst kind of sociopath to even consider arguing against more safety. If the MSM likes anything more than trench-warfare debates, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Car Not Exactly Like An iPod? There&#8217;s Some Pap For That</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car-not-exactly-like-an-ipod-theres-some-pap-for-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car-not-exactly-like-an-ipod-theres-some-pap-for-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gizmology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Michael Copeland at Fortune has his priorities straight. &#8220;In my rusted jalopy, a 1991 Volvo 240 sedan, I have installed the future,&#8221; he boasts. His use of the &#8220;f-word&#8221; tells you he&#8217;s not talking about a V8, forced induction or any other fossil fuel-sucking upgrade. What then? An EV conversion? That would be too interesting. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Starter Button A Factor in Runaway Lexus ES350?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/starter-button-a-factor-in-runaway-lexus-es350/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/starter-button-a-factor-in-runaway-lexus-es350/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Farago</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Toyota has taken a massive hit to its rep, due to reports of floor mat-related unintended acceleration, and the automaker&#8217;s subsequent recall. The headline case: a fatal crash on August 28th. As The LA Times reports, a &#8220;runway&#8221; Lexus ES350 slammed into another vehicle and embankment, killing California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, his wife, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>79</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ford Researching GPS Vehicle Tracking, Safety Features</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-researching-gps-vehicle-tracking-safety-features/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ford-researching-gps-vehicle-tracking-safety-features/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gizmology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Ford has announced that research conducted jointly with Auburn University shows the promise of GPS in enhancing active safety features like stability control. According to Ford&#8217;s press release:
Researchers have found potential for a GPS satellite to act as an early warning system that detects when a vehicle is about to lose control and communicate with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama and LaHood Team Up To Slay Distracted Driving. Sort Of.</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/obama-and-lahood-team-up-to-slay-distracted-driving-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/obama-and-lahood-team-up-to-slay-distracted-driving-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Having declared distracted driving an &#8220;epidemic&#8221; and &#8220;menace to society,&#8221; Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood moved to protect the American public with decisive leadership&#8230; by example. According to a DOT press release,
Last night, President Obama signed an Executive Order directing federal employees not to engage in text messaging while driving government-owned vehicles; when using electronic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>LaHood: We Must Kill Distracted Driving Before It Kills Us</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lahood-we-must-kill-distracted-driving-before-it-kills-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/lahood-we-must-kill-distracted-driving-before-it-kills-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=331000</guid>
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Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood kicked off the DoT&#8217;s first-ever &#8220;Distracted Driving Summit&#8221; in Washington today with a speech calling texting while driving a &#8220;menace to society.&#8221; LaHood cited just-released NHTSA data (PDF) showing that 6,000 road deaths, or about 15 percent of the 2008 total, were caused by distracted drivers as evidence of what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Toyota Can&#8217;t Get The Floormats Right</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-cant-get-the-floormats-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/toyota-cant-get-the-floormats-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=330974</guid>
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Before we jump into this one, it&#8217;s important to lay out a few caveats. The first is that, in general, TTAC doesn&#8217;t do recalls. It&#8217;s impossible to cover them with any fairness, and most of the time they&#8217;re inconsequential or hard to verify. The second is that TTAC really, really doesn&#8217;t do sudden unintended acceleration [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>85</slash:comments>
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		<title>Xerox Becomes a Red Light Camera Company</title>
		<link>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/xerox-becomes-a-red-light-camera-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/xerox-becomes-a-red-light-camera-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Newspaper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

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Xerox Corporation announced yesterday that it would acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) for $6.4 billion. ACS is a major, long-time player in the speed camera, red light camera, tolling and parking ticket business. Xerox, famous for its domination of the photocopying market from the 1960s to the 1980s, sees the purchase as a way to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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