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A report released Tuesday by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety suggests that drivers who sleep only five or six hours in a 24-hour period are twice as likely to crash as drivers who get seven hours of sleep or more. And the less sleep the person behind the wheel gets, the higher the crash rate, according […]
The new flashing yellow arrow means turns are permitted, BUT you must first yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians, then turn with caution. A flashing yellow arrow signal offers a safer, more efficient way to handle traffic turning left at busy intersections. IT’S SAFER: Research shows drivers make fewer mistakes with the new signals than […]
The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stressed to lawmakers on Tuesday that while fully autonomous cars are much further down the road, officials are working hard on cybersecurity concerns and creating a unified regulatory framework before they arrive. “Fully self-driving cars — we’re a ways off. In the last six months, […]
Judging from headlines, one might think dealer lots are brimming with cars that allow drivers to clock out while radar, cameras and other sensors do the navigating. Though the U.S. market is inching toward that reality, consumers can’t buy a fully self-driving car and likely won’t be able to for many years. The idea is […]
When a 30-car freight train hits a car, the vehicles collide with the same force of a car crushing an aluminum soda can, according to Alabama Operation Lifesaver. Last year there were 2,059 accidents at railroad crossings across the United States, and 90 of those were in Alabama.
Proper use of child restraints in vehicles declined in several categories from 2013 to 2015, reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Risking the safety of future generations by letting children ride unrestrained is not acceptable,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement. “Seat belts and car seats save lives, and need to […]
Ford, GM, Toyota and VW are just a handful of the car manufacturers planning to put self-driving cars on the road in the next five years. If you ask Uber or Tesla, they might say driverless cars have already arrived… which means we’re running out of time to secure one of the juiciest new targets […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a public meeting for November to gain input on the department’s federal policy on automated vehicles. The department will also receive input via the online Federal Register. The policy, released Sept. 20, promotes the safe and efficient development and deployment of highly automated vehicles. The […]
The three days just before Thanksgiving are some of the worst times of the year to be on the road, according to a recent study of traffic data by The University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety. In 2015 in Alabama, there was a daily average of 460 automobile crashes on the Monday, Tuesday and […]
Alabama has experienced a very large increase in traffic fatalities in the first months of 2016. This research effort consisting of a PPT and a narrative was conducted on behalf of the Alabama Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, and it is the first, high-level, effort to get an insight into the causes of the increased fatalities. Unfortunately, there is no silver […]
