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While all eyes were on the Republican National Convention in Tampa and Hurricane Isaac on the Gulf Coast, the White House was quietly jacking up the price of automobiles and putting future drivers at risk. Yes, the same cast of fable-tellers who falsely accused GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney of murdering a steelworker's cancer-stricken wife is now directly imposing a draconian environmental regulation that will cost untold American lives. On Tuesday, the administration announced that it had finalized "historic" new fuel efficiency standards. (Everything's "historic" with these narcissists, isn't it?) President Obama took a break from his historic fundraising drives...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Highway deaths have plummeted to their lowest levels in more than 60 years, helped by more people wearing seat belts, better safety equipment in cars and efforts to curb drunken driving. The Transportation Department estimated Friday that 32,788 people were killed on U.S. roads in 2010, a decrease of about 3 percent from 2009.

2 people killed by "metal object" of unknown origin entering a pontiac minivan on the I-5 near LA, CA. I-5 closed while investigation continues - massive traffic backups expected for rush hour into L.A. California. Story still breaking on Fox News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. traffic deaths rose nearly 1 percent in 2003 and reached a 13-year high at 43,220, the government reported on Wednesday. It was the fifth straight year road deaths rose, although passenger car fatalities decreased. Sport utility vehicle deaths went up roughly 10 percent over 2002, with more than half of the victims in those crashes killed in rollovers. Motorcycle deaths also jumped. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (news - web sites) said preliminary figures showed 405 more highway deaths overall in 2003 than the previous year and the most since 1990 when...

Group says state has enacted 9 of 16 recommended laws By Rob Young WASHINGTON BUREAU Friday, January 9, 2004 WASHINGTON -- Texas ranks as average among states for highway and car safety, according to a study released Thursday. The study, conducted by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, focuses on 16 laws meant to curb the rise in U.S. traffic deaths. It separated the regulations into five categories: seat belts, child restraints, teen driving, drunken driving and motorcycle laws. The group found that Texas has enacted nine of the laws. The state lacks a booster seat law, an all-rider motorcycle...