Automobile Accidents

• Tires Responsible for Automobile Crashes

  Rick Patterson | April 26, 2007 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Did you know that as a result of having underinflated tires there are 660 fatalities and 33,000 injuries each year. From April 22 through April 28, The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack are willing to assist motorists in ensuring that you are not a statistic by checking that your tires are in safe and good condition. As Pep Boys' Senior Vice President of Service Joe Cirelli put it "We are proud to...

• ATV Accidents

  Rick Patterson | January 03, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  ATV sales amassed $3 billion last year, fueled by families and young children. ATV accidents and deaths have also been on the rise for over ten years. Many young children are getting behind the wheel of these adult toys. "Just as you would never put a 12-year-old behind a steering wheel, never put a child under 16 on an ATV," says Rachel Weintraub, assistant general counsel for the Consumer...

• Increase in Seattle Trucking Accidents

  Rick Patterson | July 14, 2007 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A suspicious number of commercial trucks in the Seattle area have had there wheels come loose causing traffic accidents. The numbers are high: At least six incidents have occurred in and around Seattle since May of this year. In one incident, "a Safeway Inc. driver narrowly escaped injury when his water truck hit an errant semi-truck wheel. The wreck caused a 10-mile backup on Interstate 405. On...

• Auto Accidents - Number One Killer of Teens

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  It would probably be safe to say that one of the most exciting times of a teenager's young life it the day they get their license to drive. A close second would probably be the day they get access to a vehicle. At the same time this may prove to be a very worry some time for the parents of that teen. They realize just how distracted an inexperienced teen can be. While that type of distraction in...