Specialized is recalling its Roubaix, Ruby, Diverge and Sirrus bicycles with steerer tube collars. According to a WHNT news report, the problem is that the bicycles’ steerer tube collar can crash if exposed to corrosion resulting in sudden loss of steering control. This could, of course, pose fall and injury hazards to the rider. The…
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Specialized Bicycles Recalled Due to Fall and Injury Hazards
Is There a Link Between the Boeing Airline Crashes and Public Trust in Driverless Cars?
Quartz.com had a fascinating article about how Boeing’s recent aircraft failures might also put a dent in public trust in self-driving or autonomous cars. According to the report, when experts wish to illustrate the potential safety of driverless cars, they point to the remarkable safety record of modern aircraft. They are justified in doing so….
4.7 Million Fisher-Price Sleepers Recalled After 32 Infant Deaths Over a Decade
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Fisher-Price issued a safety recall for all of the company’s Rock ‘n Play sleepers after they have been linked to 30 infant deaths over the last 10 years. According to a CNN news report, the recall will affect about 4.7 million sleepers. CPSC’s acting chairwoman Ann Marie…
Carfax Says There Are 52 Million Vehicles with Open Recalls on U.S. Roads
There are more than 52 million cars with open recalled on U.S. roadways, according to the most recent Carfax report. An article on Automarketing.com says this is an improvement over 2018 when there were 57 unrepaired recalled vehicles on our roadways and in 2017 when that number was a 63 million. While the decrease is…
Ford Recalls Pick Trucks for Defective Engine-Block Heater
Ford is issuing an auto defect recall for more than 130,000 pickup trucks to repair components that could have been broken as the result of another recent recall. According to Consumer Reports, the earlier recall was meant to repair a problem with the trucks’ engine-block heater. In December, Ford recalled 410,289 full-sized pickup trucks because…
Arizona Man Killed by Exploding Takata Airbag
The death of Armando Vargas Ortega in Arizona after the Takata airbag inflator in his 2002 Honda Civic exploded takes the worldwide death toll for faulty Takata airbags to 24. According to a report in The Associated Press, Ortega died June 11, 2018, three days after the crash in Buckeye, Arizona. Ortega was struck by…
Coachella Worker Dies from Injuries Sustained in Fall
Christopher Griffin, 49, a stagehand who has worked with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for 20 years, since the start of the event, was killed the morning of April 6 when he fell at least 60 feet from scaffolding connected to a stage near Monroe Street and Avenue 50. According to news reports,…
Girl Killed, Younger Sister Critically Injured in South Los Angeles Pedestrian Accident
Marlene Lorenzo, 14, was killed and her younger sister, Amy Lorenzo, 12, was critically injured in a pedestrian accident in South Los Angeles after they were struck by a large truck that was making a turn at an intersection. According to a KTLA news report, the fatal accident occurred on the morning of April 4…
Sephora Settles Lawsuit from Woman Saying She Got Oral Herpes from Lipstick Sample
Makeup company Sephora has reached a settlement with a woman who claimed she got oral herpes from a lipstick sample. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, Elena Davoyan of Glendale filed the lawsuit against Sephora in October 2017 saying she got a cold sore on her lip after trying a lipstick sample at…
CPSC Under Fire for Settling with Stroller Manufacturer Instead of Forcing Recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is under fire for the manner in which it handled a lawsuit against Britax Child Safety, a UK-based company that manufactures strollers, high chairs and car seats. According to the Washington Post, from 2012, the CPSC received 200 reports of spontaneous failure of the stroller wheels in Britax’s…