Traffic safety and good driving practices are great ways to help prevent traffic accidents and fatalities. But how good are safe driving practices if your vehicle itself is unsafe? Vehicles from throughout history have been found to have fatal flaws that can cause injuries and deaths in what would otherwise be safe circumstances. Faulty airbags, volatile gas tanks, broken parking gears and more have claimed the lives of thousands of people throughout history. But what can we do to hold the car companies accountable?
Luckily there is an existing system in place that allows the government to force car companies to recall and replace or fix vehicles that have dangerous components. These are called automotive safety recalls. You may be surprised to learn that they are a lot more common than you thought. This timeline from Parker Waichman LLP (YourLawyer.com) shows the most notable recalls that have occurred over the past 50 years
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Luckily there is an existing system in place that allows the government to force car companies to recall and replace or fix vehicles that have dangerous components. These are called automotive safety recalls. You may be surprised to learn that they are a lot more common than you thought. This timeline from Parker Waichman LLP (YourLawyer.com) shows the most notable recalls that have occurred over the past 50 years
