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• A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposal would expand federal law to require all new cars starting in 2014 to have rearview cameras and interior displays to allow "a 180-degree view" of the area around a car. The law was named after a 2-year-old boy who was hit and killed as his father moved a family car in the driveway. The NHTSA estimates that, on average, 292 fatalities and 18,000 injuries occur each year because of drivers backing over people, with children and the elderly at greatest risk. (A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposal would expand federal law to require all new cars starting in 2014 to have rearview cameras and interior displays to allow "a 180-degree view" of the area around a car. The law was named after a 2-year-old boy who was hit and killed as his father moved a family car in the driveway. The NHTSA estimates that, on average, 292 fatalities and 18,000 injuries occur each year because of drivers backing over people, with children and the elderly at greatest risk.">Full story)
• woman wins a $5 million auto accident settlement after she was seriously injured in a crash with a delivery truck. The woman suffered a brain injury and broken bones after the truck crossed the road and collided head-on with the cab she was driving in. The woman underwent four surgeries, spent more than six weeks in a hospital and a nursing home and needs a lifetime of care. (Full story)
• A woman who sustained serious auto accident injuries is awarded $2.5 million. The woman was injured when a truck crossed left of center, sideswiped a car, and struck her van. She sustained a number of serious injuries, including a broken thigh bone, broken hip and a skull fracture. In addition, she was unable to run her business due to the scope of her injuries and was forced to sell it. (Full Story)
• Government research shows that chatting on cell phones, whether drivers held them in their hand or not, slows reaction time and causes inattention that leads to auto accidents. Consumer groups made National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents public, and charged that the government has not been upfront about distractions by cell phones. (Full story)
• A city and county in Oregon must pay a total of $550,000 to two men and the family of a third who died when a police officer ran a stop sign and crashed into them. The officer was driving more than 60 mph to help another officer, but failed to turn on his siren and flashing lights. A couple whose home is at the auto accident scene will pay $150,000 for allowing tree branches to obscure the stop sign. (Full story)
• A Boston restaurant is ordered to pay $5 million to a woman who lost her right arm in a drunken driving auto accident. (Full story)
• German automaker BMW announces 200,000 recalls because front passenger airbags may not deploy in auto accidents. (Full story)
• Legal experts predict that state laws against driving while using hand-held cellphones -- such as those in New Jersey and California -- may result in much more than fines. (Full story)
• A California jury awards $6.9 million to a woman who suffered brain damage as a result of getting struck by a speeding police vehicle.

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