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An estimated 28 percent of high school seniors reported riding in a car in the past two weeks with a driver who had used drugs or alcohol, or said they had driven after using drugs or alcohol themselves, researchers found. The confidential questionnaires did not ask seniors about the amount of marijuana smoked, or who […]
In philosophy, there’s an ethical question called the trolley problem. If you had to push one large person in front of a moving trolley to save a group of people on the tracks, would you? This abstract idea has taken hold in programming self-driving cars: what happens if it’s impossible to avoid everyone? Researchers from […]
The American Trucking Association (ATA) is pushing for federal regulators to require the installation of automatic emergency braking systems on U.S. cars and trucks. The group, which lobbies for truck companies, said the automated braking systems would reduce the potential for accidents on the nation’s roads and highways. “In our role as a safety leader, […]
Nearly one-third of young drivers killed in traffic crashes have alcohol in their system; new PSA depict drinking and driving as the ultimate party foul. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teens in America, and almost half of teens killed in crashes are the drivers themselves. Despite a minimum legal drinking […]
Virginia is consistently among the top 10 states with the highest number of deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs), with more than 56,000 DVCs per year since 2007. The Virginia Department of Transportation has targeted a section of I-64 on and near Afton Mountain for safety and mobility improvements because of a high number of crashes and traffic […]
Even as its top official acknowledges cars have become a prime target for hackers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is struggling to address automotive cyber threats. Mark Rosekind, administrator of the agency, wrote in a recent letter sent to select members of Congress that NHTSA intends to, “get out ahead of potential cyber-security issues on vehicles.” That goal […]
It’s that time of year, when the temperatures drop, and the deer seem to come out of the woods; literally. State Trooper say the turn of the season is when they start to see an increase of crashes that involve deer in the road. The majority of accidents involving deer tend to take place in […]
ATVs are not intended for on-road usage; however, they are ridden on public roads illegally in some jurisdictions and legally in others. FARS captures data on all fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes, including on-road ATV fatal crashes. FARS does not capture ATV-related fatal crashes that occur off-road. However, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports annually […]
The complaints that flooded into Texas Auto Center that maddening, mystifying week were all pretty much the same: Customers’ cars had gone haywire. Horns started honking in the middle of the night, angering neighbors, waking babies. Then when morning finally came, the cars refused to start. The staff suspected malfunctions in a new Internet device, […]
Are canvas bags the solution to fewer deer-related car crashes? Two experts from the Teton Research Institute think so, as Deseret News reports, after conducting an experiment that involved tying white canvas sacks over wildlife reflectors along four Wyoming highways, where deer-car collisions are a frequent problem. Traditional red reflectors disperse a vehicle’s headlight beams across the […]
