remember, teach your kids to wait to cross the roads, even when getting off the bus, until there are absolutely no cars moving toward them... because drivers are assholes, blind, and using their cellphones, or all 3

Eyes open, head on a swivel, and for gods sake, look both ways when approaching an intersection, even a railroad intersection. The life you save may be your own!

http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/07/tuesday-gifdump-49/

Huh, some side windows are too damn hard to break with the typical "break out in case of emergency" hammers that also normally cut seat belts... they were made to prevent the ejection during a crash, of the people in the vehicle, here's the link to the PDF that lists them

https://www.aaa.com/AAA/common/AAR/files/Laminated-Glass-Vehicle-List.pdf

Because you ought to know if you'll be unable to break out of your side window, right?!?!

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28422725/car-windows-glass-aaa-unbreakable

Toyota lost a lawsuit from a So Cal dealership, over safety, and retaliatory actions the manufacturing company took against the dealership. Toyota has been ordered to pay nearly $16 million

In a groundbreaking action, a prominent and longstanding Toyota dealer, Roger Hogan, and his Toyota dealerships in Claremont and San Juan Capistrano, California, have filed suit in Orange County Superior Court against Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. for fraud and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing

The lawsuit alleges that following Toyota’s massive, highly publicized, multi-billion dollar safety recall in 2009-2014, Hogan, who had been in business with Toyota for almost 40 years, created a software technology called Autovation. This software, when installed at and utilized by Toyota dealers, enabled the dealer to identify customers with uncompleted safety recalls—many involving dangerous defects such as unintended acceleration—and send them letters offering a fix. The recalls addressed dangerous defects such as “sticky acceleration pedals” and “floor-mat entrapment” that caused deaths and serious injuries—over which Toyota was charged criminally and fined $1.2 billion. Hogan and his dealerships developed the Autovation technology because many Toyota customers—hundreds of thousands—did not know their vehicles had open safety recalls.

According to the lawsuit, Toyota sent out only one recall notice to customers, and many customers, for various reasons, did not receive or ever see the notice. Also, the antiquated system Toyota put in place made it difficult, if not impossible, for dealers to identify open safety recalls when customers brought in their vehicles for service. Thus, per the lawsuit, Toyota was not fixing hundreds of thousands of recalled vehicles, despite hazards jeopardizing customer safety.

Of course, Toyota was required to pay for the additional safety recall work that Hogan’s Autovation Program was generating. Notwithstanding the positive effect of Autovation for Toyota customers, and the benefits to dealers who were servicing more customers, per the lawsuit, Toyota sought to, and did, kill the Autovation program in order to avoid having to pay multi-millions of dollars for repairs and fixes. According to the lawsuit, Toyota went even further, hatching a plan to rid itself of Hogan as a dealer.

As set forth in the lawsuit, Toyota told Hogan to create a succession plan for his dealerships, but then rejected Hogan’s sons for ownership and management positions, knowing that Hogan’s sons are his succession plan. And, as set forth in the lawsuit, Toyota did more to force Hogan out:

Toyota instructed Hogan to purchase additional land for Capistrano Toyota (which he did for $2.5 million), only to later deny him the additional vehicles the new land entitled him to.
Toyota claimed Claremont Toyota was not “sales efficient,” but Toyota continually refused to allocate the cars Claremont Toyota needed to reach Toyota’s view of sales efficiency.
Toyota failed to allocate vehicles fairly and in good faith to Hogan’s Dealerships by, among other things, favoring Hogan’s competitors in vehicle allocation through Toyota’s secretive “General Manager’s Pool.”
Toyota directed its financing arm to change the structure of its loan to Capistrano Toyota, tripling Capistrano Toyota’s monthly payments and slashing its value.
Toyota extended the Capistrano Toyota franchise agreement for two years only and often only for months at a time, contrary to its customary practice, so that it could continue to pressure Hogan.
Toyota unfairly distributed its best inventory to favored dealers in the region, and not to Hogan’s Dealerships.
Toyota diverted Hogan’s customers to competing dealerships.

The lawsuit alleges that Toyota put corporate profits over customer safety, that millions of Toyota vehicles still have unrepaired safety recalls, and that Hogan and his dealerships have lost millions in revenues and value as a result of Toyota’s retaliatory actions.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170725006511/en/Prominent-Toyota-Dealer-Roger-Hogan-Sues-Toyota

The Los Angeles Times reported an Orange County jury decided Monday that Toyota had breached “good faith and fair dealing” with Roger Hogan, who has dealerships in Claremont and San Juan Capistrano.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/toyota-ordered-to-pay-16-million-to-southern-california-dealer-over-prius-recall-2019-07-15

One of the MOST important lessons learned in the Northridge earthquake was the vulnerability of “soft story” bldgs. Built and popularized in the 1950s through the 1970s they have 1st story carports

https://twitter.com/mrbrianolson/status/1085987841987903489

Wow... I've never seen an automatic fire suppression system at a gas station before... and it's genius! Why the hell aren't all gas stations REQUIRED to have one of these installed?

Hat tip to https://theory-0f-everything.tumblr.com/page/2

drive defensively, and be ready for fast kids to make stupid moves. When possible, lower your windows so you can hear problems about to happen (kids noises, dogs, approaching cars you can't see)

http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/05/every-drivers-nightmare/

Always drive defensively, wondering who on the road ahead is about to try and kill you with their stupidity ( and check your mirrors often too! )

http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/06/tuesday-gifdump-41/

Like I've said before, you better be on the look out, especially around those damn amateur airports

https://giffindersite.tumblr.com/post/183450790242/via-httpgif-findercom

don't they teach kids to look before walking out into traffic?

http://knuckledraggin.com

considering how badly hurt these guys were while wearing seat belts, I'm pretty sure that considering driving without one, after seeing them, looks a whole lot less preferable

Here are some pictures from the New Zealand security campaign "Belted Survivors" which is a campaign whose purpose is to increase the use of safety belts when driving a car in the country.

The campaign was created by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) and consists of pictures, stories and videos of ten people who survived difficult car accidents, with a high probability that they had a seat belt on their accident.

thanks Kim!

https://beltedsurvivors.nz/
https://feber.se/art/394458/det_r_viktigt_att_ha_skerhetsb/

it proves what I've been saying... it's not always how bad you drive, sometimes it's just avoiding the people doing stupid shit on the highway

http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/04/dash-cam-gifdump/#more-126292

This "Seatbelts save lives" campaign

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/bd7qwr/this_seatbelts_save_lives_campaign/

Safety warning of the day, stay the hell away from flex fans when goosing the throttle, the cheap pieces of shit can't take it, and you might not be as lucky as this guy, who lived

and that's no April fools stuff, this one's real

https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/permalink/1978366582285327/

It's spring time in Texas, and snakes seem to be more numerous than usual, so, please be safe out there.

the whole car gets set on fire. No questions asked

https://www.facebook.com/david.strother1/posts/10215864922189259

One of many reasons you are told to stay 500 feet back when following a plow truck!!! If the blade digs into the road it will stop on the spot!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/413414438697407/permalink/2048471028525065/

there is an instagram page for on the job mishaps, some preventable, some not. It's called "OHSA, Is This OK?" Perfect for getting material for your next safety training meeting

like when the linemen are 50-75 feet up, or however high they are here, and the cab of their bucket truck catches on fire. Not preventable. Certainly an OSHA reportable moment. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWQVfEA9Eh

or standing on the top of the ladder https://www.instagram.com/p/BrN-4LEgJln/

See them all at https://www.instagram.com/osha_is_this_ok

Learn from other people's mistakes... don't have a garage fire happen from easily preventable causes

“I had a heater going on in there and a piece of paper blew in there and started up a fire,” Allgood said. “I went to move it, and knocked over a gallon of thinner and it went up into flames then.”

https://www.brownwoodtx.com/news/20181114/multiple-priceless-cars-saved-from-garage-fire

1972 Fairchild's Experimental Safety Vehicle for U.S. Dept of Transportation

 A unique feature of Fairchild's ESV is its automatically extendable bumper, shown here retracted in the full view and extended in the insert. The bumper is automatically extended as speed increases until, ay speeds from 25 to 30 miles an hour, it is extended approx. 12 inches. Twin hydraulic cylinders stabilize and guide the forward movement of the bumper to provide the additional energy-absorbing length in case of frontal impact.

The over-the-roof periscope on Fairchild's ESV provides the wide-angle rear vision, while uninterrupted visibility is further enhanced by the large window areas on the car, as depicted in this model. The vehicle's unique rear bumper system prevents serious occupant injury at rear vehicle impacts of up to 75 mph and prevents damage to the car at speeds up to 10 mph. The car's tail lights are augmented by 3-light rear signaling system mounted on the trunk.

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/48755

Hyundai Sante Fe SUV, Safety Exit Assist

 temporarily stops kids from opening the back doors when vehicles and bicycles are approaching from behind.

https://twitter.com/tred
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2018/05/31/the-top-7-car-safety-features-you-cannot-do-without/