Sentences with phrase «crash risk after»

Preliminary data from insurance claims suggest no apparent reduction in crash risk after states enacted bans on hand - held phone use.

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Fortune pointed to the quarterly report Tesla had filed just three days after the crash, warning that»... we face inherent risk of exposure to claims in the event our vehicles do not perform as expected resulting in personal injury or death,» and specifically calling out Autopilot as a technology that could result in such claims and materially affect financial performance.

But ETNs became less popular after the financial crash, based on the theoretical risk that a failure like Lehman Brothers could expose ETN investors to severe credit risk.

Beyond the benefits of a bigger after - sales revenue stream, OEMs will have a strong incentive to service these vehicles, since regulators could ultimately force them to take on the greatest portion of the responsibility and risk associated with crashes caused by AV technical failures.

Finally, after another 30 years of financial globalization, the risks of cross-border contagion from an American stock market crash are far greater.

So we remain at risk of a big price crash after having already experienced one not too long ago.

After the market crash of 2008 - 2009, it's easy to see how advisors and plan sponsors could be drawn to «Defensive Equity» or «Low Risk» strategies as ways to protect against future drawdowns.

But then what if, and just to point out there is ample risk in this «if», the combination crashes repeatedly after few highs in favour of «vast - and - hard» to recover lows.

Last week, after a series of additional side - impact crash tests on the Volt battery, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched what it called a «safety defect investigation» into the risk of fire in a Chevy Volt that has been involved in a serious accident.

It found substantial evidence of an association between cannabis use and the risk of motor vehicle crashes, as well as of lower birth weight after maternal use, more frequent chronic bronchitis episodes, and the development of schizophrenia or other psychoses.

IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE RESTARTED AFTER FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN THE SENSOR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Of course, racing of any sort has its risks, and one racer crashes after completing the quarter, turning in the car's lane onto South Avenue, perhaps the result of a stuck throttle.

For cars, sport utility vehicles, and minivans combined, there was an 11 percent decrease in fatality risk in frontal crashes after changing to sled certification (RR = 0.89; 95 % CI = 0.82 — 0.96).

The new approach sought to reduce crash losses by focusing not only on driver behavior and crash prevention but also on reducing injury risk during crashes and mitigating the consequences after crashes by, for example, decreasing the likelihood of fuel leaks that could lead to postcrash fires.

In Fusions manufactured after January, Ford added a structure below the accelerator pedal designed to reduce injury risk to the right leg and foot in frontal offset crashes.

All 2006 - 07 Fusion, Milan, and Zephyr / MKZ models manufactured after January 2006 include a hard plastic «ramp» bolted above or below the carpeting near the base of the accelerator pedal designed to decrease right leg and foot injury risk in frontal offset crashes (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door).

He became concerned about risk after witnessing the October, 1987, market crash when he was a junior small - cap analyst with pension fund manager OMERS just after he earned his MBA.

Seniors are now living longer, so high minimum withdrawal rates increase the risk of outliving their nest eggs — particularly when they are forced to make large withdrawals from portfolios after a market crash such as occurred in 2008.

And then there's the risk of panicking and selling after a market crash.

This study's estimate of the crash risk associated with driving after having slept for 4 - 5 hours in the past 24 hours compared with 7 hours or more is similar to the NHTSA's estimates of the crash risk associated with driving with a BAC [Blood alcohol concentration] equal to the level that all U.S. states have set as the per se legal limit, and the crash risk associated with having slept for less than 4 hours is comparable to the crash risk associated with a BAC of roughly 0.12 — 0.15.

After six months, things do get better — but the teen driver is still at a high risk of injury in a car crash.

Even if drivers stay within the 11 - hour limit, though, research shows the adverse effects of working long hours, such as how the risk of crashing may increase geometrically after the eighth consecutive hour of driving.

After all, women are statistically more likely to die in car crashes than from complications during delivery, so cars may be seen as one of the biggest risks to the health of both you and your baby.

The federal government this year has ordered a probe into the crash reports of the car model Chevrolet Volt as part of a defect investigation into whether the car's lithium ion batteries pose a fire risk after a wreck.

While pension funds have been conservative with their real estate allocations after getting burned in the real estate crash of the 1990s, they find themselves today in an environment where commercial real estate represents the best risk - adjusted return, according to Conway.