Takata’s defective airbag recall may be just beginning
It has been a few weeks since we discussed the massive Takata airbag recall in this blog. Since 2013, about 29 million vehicles with defective airbag inflators have been recalled in the U.S. alone, after at least 10 people have been killed and many more injured.
This is already the largest automotive recall in the country’s history. But TIME predicts that as many as 90 million more vehicles will eventually need to be recalled to replace more of the airbags’...
Breaking your neck can be very scary. Any spinal fracture can lead to paralysis, but a fracture that high up can cause quadriplegia, or paralysis in all four limbs. If severe enough, the fracture can be fatal.
Technically, doctors call a broken neck a “cervical fracture,” because the seven bones in the neck are known as the cervical vertebrae. These bones support your head and keep it connected to your shoulders and torso. They can be broken in...