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The federal government’s auto safety regulator on Monday released an outline of what it wants automakers to do to minimize the risk of cyber attacks on the vehicles they make and sell. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set forth five goals, then suggested four areas in which the industry should focus its efforts. The […]
Motor vehicle crashes involving deer typically peak during the fall months in North Carolina, and the state’s most recent crash data indicate that trend continued in 2015. Last year more than half of all deer-related crashes in North Carolina happened in October, November, December and January. The UNC Highway Safety Research Center offers the following […]
The study reported by GHSA found that older teen-age drivers were trending higher in their involvement in fatal crashes. This result was based on national FARS data, and the results should be considered by all states as they design their countermeasure programs. An attempt was made to replicate these results in Alabama, recognizing that the […]
The objective of this research was to determine if a relationship exists between crashes and right-turn lane design characteristics with specific consideration of the age of the driver. The research team used crash data of selected intersections in Texas for a six-year period (2009–2014) to perform this study. The types of right-turn lane design considered […]
The Problem: Too many teens are dying on our roads Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States – ahead of all other types of injury, disease, or violence. There were 1,972 teen drivers of passenger vehicles involved in fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes […]
After growing steadily for several decades, passenger vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States unexpectedly leveled off in the 2000s. The growth rate of VMT has since rebounded, and determining the factors that explain these developments has implications for future US oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. We show that changes in the demographic […]
Dennis Pillion Colonial Pipeline employees and contractors started Friday afternoon digging out a leaking underground pipeline that spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline south of Birmingham and shut down a major cog of the country’s fuel distribution network, sparking fears of a gas shortage.
A full 93 percent of parents leaving the hospital made at least one critical error when installing the car safety seat or positioning their infant in it, according to the study presented Friday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in San Diego.
Yellowhammernews: We’ve all been there. You’re driving down the interstate and suddenly come up on someone who’s going much slower than you are. If you’re both in the right lane, you just casually ease into the left lane and go around them. But what if there are slower drivers in both lanes? That’s when the […]
Halloween is a night for friends and family to enjoy candy, costumes, and memory-making. Tragically, Halloween drunk-driving fatalities are on the rise. Over the last 5 years (2012-2016) there were 168 drunk driving fatalities on Halloween night. From 2012 to 2016, 44% of all people killed in motor vehicle crashes on Halloween night (6 p.m. […]