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India Proposes Lower Fines for Carmakers

India’s road transport ministry has lowered the proposed penalties for carmakers in the latest draft of the road safety bill that is to replace British-colonial-era laws governing the world’s deadliest roads. Penalties on automakers for producing vehicles with defects have …

Possible Recall-Related Crashes Involving Vehicles 10 Years and Older Going Unreported

Hundreds of crashes involving defective cars are going unreported each year because under U.S. safety rules automakers aren’t required to report suspicious accidents for models more than 10 years old. That’s worrisome, safety advocates say, because the average age of …