News

Read the latest news and announcements from traffic safety interest groups and about traffic safety topics here.

  • September 2nd, 2014

It looks like General Motors could be taking a big step to creating safer, semi-autonomous cars. Japanese manufacturer Takata, who supplies GM with safety parts, has inked a deal with Australian company Seeing Machines to create sensors that will detect distracted driving, according to a company news release. The deal is set to last for 15 years. […]

  • September 2nd, 2014

Companies like Tesla and Google have their eyes on self-driving cars. But while humans are still behind the wheel, General Motors is turning to eye-tracking, facial recognition tech to make the streets a bit safer. The Financial Times reports GM is planning to install machines in about half a million cars that will track drivers’ eye and head movements to […]

  • August 29th, 2014

New Data Show U.S. Driving at Highest Level in Six Years Nearly Three Trillion Miles Traveled Over Last 12 Months Supports Call for Greater Transportation Investment WASHINGTON – New estimates released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that American driving between July 2013 and June 2014 is at levels […]

  • August 28th, 2014

More than 30,000 Americans are killed in highway crashes each year, but experts believe that death toll could sink to zero as safety improvements continue and autonomous cars hit the road. A sign of that possibility will come with the release of a new study next month by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which […]

  • August 20th, 2014

Drive on a city’s streets at night and you’re guided by artificial lights: glowing traffic signals beckoning you forward, the headlights of a car trailing you, a sign warning of work ahead. Artificial lights may soon guide your car, too: In the quest for cars that understand the world around them and respond intelligently, a […]

  • August 7th, 2014

The Alabama Department of Public Safety, along with the Alabama Trucking Association, are participating in the “Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks” campaign to reduce aggressive driving between passenger and large commercial vehicles. Among the violations that are the main focus of the ongoing program are following too closely, improper lane use, drivers cutting off others, […]

  • July 15th, 2014

The 2018 Alabama Rural Road Safety Conference is for city engineers, county engineers, public works officials, transportation planners, DOT personnel, and others who are responsible for the design, maintenance, and safety of rural roads. This year’s conference is to strengthen your knowledge of available tools, countermeasures, and processes to improve safety on your roads. The […]