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equipment and trained. he would pick people's brains. he went riding. he had all of the proper etiquette. >> he was rounding this corner with a cycling group when his tire was caught in the crack. he lost control and flew off his bike into an on coming car. a frebdz notified his wife. >> and he goes, i'm so sorry. i said what do you mean? where is he? he says, he is dead. >> i predicted it. i said somebody will get hurt on this road. >> tom says he has been asking the city of oakland to fix this heavily traveled scenic road since 2009. >> and then when the accident happened, finally something happened and they fixed this part of the road. >> that's why he took it upon himself to mark the hazards along grizzly peak bowel -- boulevard. >> and then we put these chevrons in front of it. >> the oakland city attorney would not comments, but last week the city says it finished filling nearly 3,000 potholes and laying 72,000 square feet of asphalt. little was done along grizzly peak boulevard. oakland's master plan says it will be a city whereby sick lig will be integrated into daily life providing recreation and transportatio

corners. of the 11 cars tested, all of them luxury vehicles with state of the art safety equipment, only three passed. the rest, suffered horrendous damage, that sent the test dummies crushed and banged into hard surfaces. >> that side of the vehicle that's struck is pushed in toward the occupant and your restraints tend to move out of the way. >> reporter: the most badly damaged, lexus i.s. even bmw, lincoln and mercedes failed. the infiniti g graded acceptable, the acura tl and volvo a60 earned top ratings. >> volvo beefed up the top of the rail where this attaches. >> reporter: volvo not only added stronger supports at the corner, its safety cage grows gradually more rigid as it gets closer to the passenger compartment. its firewall barrier reinforced with ultra high strength steel. one automaker today claimed the test replicates an "unusually sever and uncommon crash," but the insurance institute says in the end, this visual evidence will inspire action, because in lexus said it will respond to the challenge. safety sells. jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> now, we turn to the war that s

equipment and trained. he would pick people's brains. he went riding. he had all of the proper etiquette. >> he was rounding this cornern on coming car. a frebdz notified his wife. >> and he goes, i'm so sorry. i said what do you mean? where is he? he says, he is dead. >> i predicted it. i said somebody will get hurt on this road. >> tom says he has been asking the city of oakland to fix this heavily traveled scenic road since 2009. >> and then when the accident happened, finally something happened and they fixed this part of the road. >> that's why he took it upon himself to mark the hazards along grizzly peak bowel -- boulevard. >> and then we put these chevrons in front of it. >> the oakland city attorney would not comments, but last week the city says it finished filling nearly 3,000 potholes and laying 72,000 square feet of asphalt. little was done along grizzly peak boulevard. oakland's master plan says it will be a city whereby sick lig will be integrated into daily life providing recreation and transportation that is safe and convenient. reporting live in oakland, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> more people lost p

equipment and trained. he would pick people's brains. he went riding. he had all of the proper etiquette. >> he was rounding this corner with a cycling group when his tire was caught in the crack. he lost control and flew off his bike into an on coming car. a frebdz notified his wife. >> and he goes, i'm so sorry. i said what do you mean? where is he? he says, he is dead. >> i predicted it. i said somebody will get hurt on this road. >> tom says he has been asking the city of oakland to fix this heavily traveled scenic road since 2009. >> and then when the accident happened, finally something happened and they fixed this part of the road. >> that's why he took it upon himself to mark the hazards along grizzly peak bowel -- boulevard. >> and then we put these chevrons in front of it. >> the oakland city attorney would not comments, but last week the city says it finished filling nearly 3,000 potholes and laying 72,000 square feet of asphalt. little was done along grizzly peak boulevard. oakland's master plan says it will be a city whereby sick lig will be integrated into daily life providing recreation and transportatio

equipped with a new 2 litre engine. generating up to 200 horsepower. the car's performance is not the best compared to other sports cars on the market, but its low center of gravity and good cornering make it a good, pleasurable drive. >> translator: the driver should play the leading role, not the car. that's the concept we produced for the 86. the car itself is very low tech. no special technology is used. but we took good old technology and matured it making sure that the motorist gets really excited when driving the vehicle. >> after a tough two years, toyota is recovering the status as the world's leading carmaker with strong sales in the first half of this year. the automaker's best selling models are the prius and its fuel efficient compact cars. what prompted toyota to come out with a new sports car and why now? >> translator: it is said that people are losing interest in cars. toyota has taken steps to reverse this trend, but we can't stop it. a vehicle is becoming another commodity. we're about to face an era when car prices are going to be decided simply by size and fuel efficiency. to overcome that, we have to add some extra value. such as status or a better driving exp