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California’s baseline law in 2025 still requires children under age 8 (or under 4′9″) to be secured in a car seat or booster in the back seat (California Vehicle Code §27360) . A high-profile legislat...
California law currently requires children under 8 years old to be secured in an appropriate car seat or booster in the back seat, and children 8 years old OR 4 feet 9 inches (57 inches) or taller may...
NHTSA’s early 2024 estimates show U.S. traffic fatalities fell to 39,345 and the national fatality rate dropped to about 1.20 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled—both cited as the lowest sin...
The best available, multi-source evidence indicates the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated , a and the lowest annual fatality count below 40,000 since 2020 . Other authoritative ...
2024 saw a measurable decline in U.S. motor vehicle fatalities: preliminary federal estimates place deaths at , a and the first time total fatalities fell below 40,000 since 2020. The estimated also f...
The available sources do not provide a single, definitive count of ; the clearest, verifiable figure is an estimated reported by NHTSA . NHTSA’s broader early estimate for total motor-vehicle fataliti...
AB 435 is a 2025 California bill changing child passenger restraint rules — including stricter booster-seat and front-seat limits — that attracted support from public safety and auto-safety groups and...
Available reporting shows multiple consumer complaints, review-site allegations and journalistic pieces questioning Burn Peak’s marketing and safety — reviewers and watchdog blogs describe deceptive a...
Advanced AI systems have produced multiple documented harms across privacy, misinformation, safety, and critical infrastructure in recent months: high-profile privacy enforcement actions and criminal ...
There is no authoritative, published annual count of traffic accidents specifically involving undocumented immigrants who hold commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) because federal crash reporting syste...
Available sources do not support the blanket claim that “PHEV vehicles are safer than gas‑powered vehicles” in every respect; safety varies by metric, model, and context (noted IIHS/insurance injury‑c...
Available reporting indicates states with the highest rates or counts of fatal large‑truck crashes in recent years include North Dakota, Wyoming and Iowa for "highest percentage" of truck‑involved fat...
Available sources do not show any official regulator or consumer watchdog recall or safety advisory specifically naming “Memory Lift.” Most coverage about Memory Lift in the provided set is promotiona...
California’s baseline booster rule requires children to use a car seat or booster in the back until age 8 or 4′9″ tall; recent legislation tightens that standard by requiring a five‑step “seat belt fi...
AB 435 — a 2025 California bill by Assemblymember Wilson to change child passenger restraint rules — cleared committees and both houses and was chaptered into law on October 7, 2025 as Chapter 434, St...
Available reporting and public datasets show national trends for truck-involved fatalities in 2024 but do not provide a single, authoritative table in the supplied sources listing which states had the...