The Takata Airbag Recall - Honda City driver dies in minor accident due to airbag deployment. Honda, Subaru and other owners take note

The Star had reported that a lady driving her Honda CIty died in a seriously minor accident. The steering wheel airbag in her car deployed on impact and must have sent bits of metal into her chest causing her to die. This is the actual problem facing cars equipped with the Takata manufactured airbag. This news is so close to us. We thought things like this would not affect us here in Malaysia. 

Trucking News: Volvo Trucks Provides Platform for Truck Drivers to Raise Road Safety Issues

Mr Carl Johan Almqvist, Traffic and Product Safety Director, Volvo Trucks, sharing the company’s ‘Zero Accidents’ vision and truck accident statistics at the Volvo Safety Forum.

Somehow this is good timing. The chaps at Volvo Trucks had recently organised a safety forum for companies and truck drivers to discuss and raise road safety issues. Volvo’s Sweden-based Accident Research Team had examined more than 1,500 accidents around the world and their collection of data found that 90% of traffic accidents were caused by the human factor.