AIRBAGS ARE NOW USED TO PROVE LIABILITY Law enforcement and attorneys are now using the DNA embedded in an airbag to prove who was driving as well as the blood alcohol level of that driver. When airbags were first introduced, they were intended to save lives and prevent personal injury. But with new scientific developments in DNA testing, resulting in lower costs to analyze blood and tissue samples, airbags have an entirely new role. Forensic accident reconstruction labs now use dried blood left...
GM is recalling 12,662 MY 2009 Cadillac CTS vehicles for failing to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, “Occupant Crash Protection.” Under certain conditions, a software condition within the passenger sensing system may disable the front passenger air bag when it should be enabled or enable it when it should be disabled. In a vehicle crash, if the front passenger air bag does not operate as designed, increased personal injury could occur. Dealers will reprogram the passenger sensing system module free of charge. The recall began on
November 18, 2008. Owners may contact Cadillac at...