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Lanett Mother Charged with Manslaughter in Death of 2-Year-Old in Traffic Crash
A Lanett mother is accused of causing the death of her 2-year-old daughter in a February traffic crash. Joy Antonette Brooks, 29, was indicted recently on a charge of manslaughter, court records show. Brooks was released from the Montgomery County Detention Facility after posting $20,000 bond on Dec. 13.
High-Tech Car Puts Blind Spots in the Rear View
The engineers at Cadillac say they’ve found the key to further eliminating a driver’s blind spot. Starting with its newest model, the 2016 CT6, the automaker will incorporate streaming video into the vehicle’s rearview mirror, which will be fed by a high-definition camera embedded in the center of the trunk. The technology will give CT6 […]
Black Box Insurance Could Help Avoid New Driver Crashes
RoadSafe partner ingenie’s Young Driver Report presents compelling evidence that telematics insurance policies that measure how young people drive and provide feedback to help them become safer, can significantly reduce crash frequency among this high-risk group. Road crashes are still the biggest accidental killer of young people Young drivers are involved in 20% of killed and seriously injured […]
Federal Study Puts Spotlight on Tired Truck Drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is investigating whether truck drivers are being pressured to get behind the wheel and drive long hours even when they’re tired. This comes in response to an FMCSA rule proposed in March that would require truckers to record their hours electronically. The agency is looking into whether trucking […]
Ebola Response Q&A
In preparation for the Ebola Response Update Teleconference and Webinar held on October 24, 2014, organizers invited participants to submit advance questions so presenters could frame their presentations.
Considerations for Optimal Traffic Safety Allocation
This special study presentation discusses considerations for optimal traffic safety allocation that is taken from 2012-2016 crash data.
Feds Consider Ban on ATV Passengers
Heading out into the woods for a four-wheeling drive with a passenger in tow may soon be a thing of the past. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering new rules that would prohibit passengers from being carried on all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs. The request comes following a three-year study that showed passengers account for […]
Trying to Hit the Brake on Texting While Driving
Scott Tibbitss has developed a system that uses a small black box, plugged in under a car’s steering column, to block incoming and outgoing texts and prevent phone calls from reaching the driver.
How Google’s Autonomous Car Passed the First U.S. State Self-Driving Test
Regulations governing Google’s experimental self-driving cars will come into effect on California’s roads starting 16 September. They have driven more than 1 million kilometers since the company started secretly developing them in 2009, but they have been tested only once by a government body on open roads—by Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) officials in May 2012. IEEE Spectrum has […]