Human Factors researchers at the State University of North Carolina have recently concluded that consumers can’t read the date of manufacture obscured by the week and month configuration dictated by the Tire Identification Number (aka the DOT number). Researchers Jesseca Taylor and Michael Wogalter asked 83 test subjects to translate tire markings as represented by [...]

Toyota’s announcement that it is the subject of a federal criminal probe in the relay rod recalls begs a question: Will it be the first automaker to be criminally prosecuted under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act? Today, the automaker released – via a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange – the [...]