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When we got into work this morning we realized that our dual axle car trailer and customers custom motorcycle trailer had been stolen from the fenced in area behind our shop. The motorcycle trailer is very easily identified by the paint and pinstriping as well as custom wheels on it. If you guys happen to see it pop up on craigslist or anything let me know. It was located in chamblee, ga off peachtree industrial blvd.
My Father was telling me about this, thought i would share..
Condensed version, Chrysler pulled a Chrysler move with a shotty design, cars are catching fire if rear ended, why fix the design, lets just offer a free trailer hitch as a chassis reinforcement (rather than a proper engineered fix), most people wont bother bringing their vehicle in anyway.
Article:
Chrysler to Recall Fire-Prone Jeeps to Add Trailer Hitches.
After announcing a recall last June over a rear-impact collision fire hazard, Chrysler is finally preparing to recall nearly 1.6 million 1993-98 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2002-7 Jeep Liberty S.U.V.'s. The fix the automaker is using to correct the problem – the vehicles’ fuel tanks are exposed to rear impacts – is controversial: Chrysler will install trailer hitches to protect the fuel tanks and reduce the chance of fires caused by rear-impact collisions.
“Chrysler Group has finalized replacement part design and is initiating the tooling process to deliver the required volume,” Chrysler said in a statement Thursday evening. “Launching a safety recall demands complex engineering and close collaboration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration well before we accumulate replacement parts. Chrysler Group takes seriously its commitment to customer safety.”
In addition, letters that Chrysler plans to send to owners have been posted on N.H.T.S.A.'s website.
Eric Mayne, the Chrysler spokesman who issued the company’s statement, declined to answer questions about the timing of the recall.
Nathan Naylor, a spokesman for N.H.T.S.A., said in a telephone interview that the investigation into Chrysler’s remedy was continuing.
Chrysler agreed to the recall under pressure from the safety agency, which contended that the vehicles were more likely than similar models from competitors to catch fire when struck from the rear. The reason is that the Jeeps’ gas tanks are behind the rear axle, making them more vulnerable to rear impact. Chrysler denied that allegation, telling the agency that the vehicles were safe.
Consumer groups, including the Center for Auto Safety, have questioned the effectiveness of using a hitch, which is designed to tow trailers, as a protective device for rear-impact collisions. The center asked N.H.T.S.A. to conduct crash tests of the proposed remedy, but the safety agency had not commented on whether it would.
In a 2011 deposition during a wrongful-death suit involving a rear-impact fire in a 1996 Grand Cherokee, François J. Castaing, Chrysler’s vice president for engineering in 1988-96, said, “The tow package does not protect the tank.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/a...-prone-jeeps-to-add-trailer-hitches.html?_r=0
Condensed version, Chrysler pulled a Chrysler move with a shotty design, cars are catching fire if rear ended, why fix the design, lets just offer a free trailer hitch as a chassis reinforcement (rather than a proper engineered fix), most people wont bother bringing their vehicle in anyway.
Article:
Chrysler to Recall Fire-Prone Jeeps to Add Trailer Hitches.
After announcing a recall last June over a rear-impact collision fire hazard, Chrysler is finally preparing to recall nearly 1.6 million 1993-98 Jeep Grand Cherokees and 2002-7 Jeep Liberty S.U.V.'s. The fix the automaker is using to correct the problem – the vehicles’ fuel tanks are exposed to rear impacts – is controversial: Chrysler will install trailer hitches to protect the fuel tanks and reduce the chance of fires caused by rear-impact collisions.
“Chrysler Group has finalized replacement part design and is initiating the tooling process to deliver the required volume,” Chrysler said in a statement Thursday evening. “Launching a safety recall demands complex engineering and close collaboration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration well before we accumulate replacement parts. Chrysler Group takes seriously its commitment to customer safety.”
In addition, letters that Chrysler plans to send to owners have been posted on N.H.T.S.A.'s website.
Eric Mayne, the Chrysler spokesman who issued the company’s statement, declined to answer questions about the timing of the recall.
Nathan Naylor, a spokesman for N.H.T.S.A., said in a telephone interview that the investigation into Chrysler’s remedy was continuing.
Chrysler agreed to the recall under pressure from the safety agency, which contended that the vehicles were more likely than similar models from competitors to catch fire when struck from the rear. The reason is that the Jeeps’ gas tanks are behind the rear axle, making them more vulnerable to rear impact. Chrysler denied that allegation, telling the agency that the vehicles were safe.
Consumer groups, including the Center for Auto Safety, have questioned the effectiveness of using a hitch, which is designed to tow trailers, as a protective device for rear-impact collisions. The center asked N.H.T.S.A. to conduct crash tests of the proposed remedy, but the safety agency had not commented on whether it would.
In a 2011 deposition during a wrongful-death suit involving a rear-impact fire in a 1996 Grand Cherokee, François J. Castaing, Chrysler’s vice president for engineering in 1988-96, said, “The tow package does not protect the tank.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/a...-prone-jeeps-to-add-trailer-hitches.html?_r=0
greenwood is such a lively place
http://www.wistv.com/story/24648345...ville-greenwood-newsbasketball-brawl-leads-to
GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (WYFF) —Almost a dozen people now face criminal charges in connection with a post-game basketball brawl.
Ware Shoals Police Chief Harry Irick confirmed Wednesday that 11 people have been charged from both sides of the fight that erupted on the hardwood last Friday night.
The main charges are assault and battery, disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer, Irick said.
He also shared with WYFF News 4 new cellphone video taken by a witness to the brawl.
Several parents, players and students were injured, and even two police officers were hurt in the melee after the final buzzer in the Ware Shoals versus Salem-Tamassee game.
The fight started as the two teams were supposed to be shaking hands. A police officer that was on the court at the end of the game said in his police report that a Tamassee-Salem player called a Ware Shoals player a racial slur. Tamassee-Salem coach and athletic director Ed Fry vehemently disputes that allegation.
Fry says there clearly was a breakdown in sportsmanship, and he said he's addressing that with his team. But he says no one at the school would ever condone racism. He said he did not anticipate any problems after the game.
"It's a really unfortunate incident -- not who we are -- not what we're about. I do want people to know that," he said.
The team is still awaiting a decision on disciplinary action from the High School Athletic Association. Fry says he has already taken disciplinary action of his own, although, he would not elaborate.
Tamassee-Salem is leaving the region, so these two teams will not play each other again unless it's in a playoff situation.
Meanwhile, Ware Shoals varsity basketball was in Due West on Tuesday for the first game since the brawl. But they'll be playing without five of their players.
Tuesday, the South Carolina High School League informed the Ware Shoals principal that after watching video of the brawl, five players will no longer be eligible to play, leaving only four players on the team.
Because of the shortage of players, the Ware Shoal junior varsity season has been canceled, and those players have been moved up to the varsity team.
Tao Cunningham, who's a member of both the Ware Shoals JV and varsity basketball teams, says he was playing the night the fight happened and was in the handshake line when it started.
"I just heard the dude said the n-word and then players got to swinging," Cunningham said.
When asked if he actually heard the racial slur, Cunningham said, "Uh-huh. He said, 'Y'all n's suck' or something like that."
"To not believe our kids, and to believe theirs would be calling our kids liars. We've taken the steps to discipline our kids. Something set (the fight) off. It should not have, but it did," Ware Shoals High Principal Paul Anderson said.
Anderson said he has no reason not to believe his students, and though he can't prove it was used, he also can't prove it wasn't.
http://www.wistv.com/story/24648345...ville-greenwood-newsbasketball-brawl-leads-to
GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (WYFF) —Almost a dozen people now face criminal charges in connection with a post-game basketball brawl.
Ware Shoals Police Chief Harry Irick confirmed Wednesday that 11 people have been charged from both sides of the fight that erupted on the hardwood last Friday night.
The main charges are assault and battery, disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer, Irick said.
He also shared with WYFF News 4 new cellphone video taken by a witness to the brawl.
Several parents, players and students were injured, and even two police officers were hurt in the melee after the final buzzer in the Ware Shoals versus Salem-Tamassee game.
The fight started as the two teams were supposed to be shaking hands. A police officer that was on the court at the end of the game said in his police report that a Tamassee-Salem player called a Ware Shoals player a racial slur. Tamassee-Salem coach and athletic director Ed Fry vehemently disputes that allegation.
Fry says there clearly was a breakdown in sportsmanship, and he said he's addressing that with his team. But he says no one at the school would ever condone racism. He said he did not anticipate any problems after the game.
"It's a really unfortunate incident -- not who we are -- not what we're about. I do want people to know that," he said.
The team is still awaiting a decision on disciplinary action from the High School Athletic Association. Fry says he has already taken disciplinary action of his own, although, he would not elaborate.
Tamassee-Salem is leaving the region, so these two teams will not play each other again unless it's in a playoff situation.
Meanwhile, Ware Shoals varsity basketball was in Due West on Tuesday for the first game since the brawl. But they'll be playing without five of their players.
Tuesday, the South Carolina High School League informed the Ware Shoals principal that after watching video of the brawl, five players will no longer be eligible to play, leaving only four players on the team.
Because of the shortage of players, the Ware Shoal junior varsity season has been canceled, and those players have been moved up to the varsity team.
Tao Cunningham, who's a member of both the Ware Shoals JV and varsity basketball teams, says he was playing the night the fight happened and was in the handshake line when it started.
"I just heard the dude said the n-word and then players got to swinging," Cunningham said.
When asked if he actually heard the racial slur, Cunningham said, "Uh-huh. He said, 'Y'all n's suck' or something like that."
"To not believe our kids, and to believe theirs would be calling our kids liars. We've taken the steps to discipline our kids. Something set (the fight) off. It should not have, but it did," Ware Shoals High Principal Paul Anderson said.
Anderson said he has no reason not to believe his students, and though he can't prove it was used, he also can't prove it wasn't.