Category: Safety Topics

Examining the Safety Implications of Later Licensure: Crash Rates of Older vs. Younger Novice Drivers Before and After Graduated Driver Licensing

  • October 22nd, 2019

Crash involvement by 16- and 17-year-old drivers has decreased substantially over the past 15 years. This is largely due to the widespread adoption of Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) programs and to the Great Recession, which substantially reduced driving by young teenagers. However, with one exception—New Jersey—GDL systems apply only to new drivers younger than 18, […]

,
Read More

Timing of Driver’s License Acquisition and Reasons for Delay Among Young People in the United States

  • October 22nd, 2019

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children, teenagers, and young adults in the United States (Subramanian, 2012). Graduated driver licensing (GDL) systems, first introduced in the United States in 1996, are designed to protect young novice drivers by restricting exposure to risk initially and then gradually phasing in increased privileges as […]

,
Read More

Prevalence and Timing of Driver Licensing Among Young Adults

  • October 22nd, 2019

Obtaining a driver’s license was once widely regarded as a “rite of passage” for teenagers in the United States. However, only 36% of young people surveyed in 2012 by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reported having obtained their first driver’s license at or before the age of 16 and only 54% reported having done […]

,
Read More

The 2020 NHTSA Communications Calendar and the 2020 Highway Traffic Safety Events Calendar are now available.

  • October 17th, 2019

While the 2020 NHTSA Communications Calendar is substantially similar to the 2019 calendar, we are excited to announce a few new opportunities: Vehicle Safety Recall Awareness Week March 2-6, 2020 Consider participating in VIN check-up events, and distributing NHTSA vehicle safety recall awareness campaign materials available on TSM. Heatstroke Awareness Day May 1, 2020 Along with […]

, , , ,
Read More

Connected and Automated Vehicles Toolkit

  • October 17th, 2019

The National Association of Counties (NACo) has created the Connected and Automated Vehicles Toolkit: A Primer for Counties to provide county leaders with an overview of and framework for engagement with the rapidly-growing connected and automated vehicles (CAV) sector. Breakthroughs in connected and automated vehicles technologies are poised to revolutionize local and national transportation systems […]

Read More
National Highway Safety Association Teams Up with Uber Eats to Improve Bicycle Delivery Safety

National Highway Safety Association Teams Up with Uber Eats to Improve Bicycle Delivery Safety

  • October 14th, 2019

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is launching a new partnership with Uber Eats to provide important road safety guidance to delivery partners who ride bicycles. GHSA worked with Uber Eats to develop eight critical safety tips that are being rolled out to bicycle delivery partners at events in major Uber Eats markets across the country, starting […]

, ,
Read More

FMCSA’s Plan Addresses Recommendations on Prioritizing Safety Interventions but Lacks Implementation Details

  • October 14th, 2019

The FAST Act requires FMCSA to create a corrective action plan to (1) respond to the deficiencies or opportunities identified in the NAS study, (2) identify the Agency’s plans for addressing such deficiencies or opportunities, and (3) provide a cost estimate with respect to changes in staffing, enforcement, and data collection the Agency must make […]

Read More

Lawmakers Try to Pave Way for Self-Driving Vehicles

  • October 14th, 2019

Alabama lawmakers held a committee meeting Monday talking about preparation for autonomous vehicles, commonly said as self-driving cars. Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, is the chair of the Joint Legislative Committee to study self-driving vehicles and said he believes they are the future. “And that’s why we felt like we needed to get ahead of this,” […]

Read More

Driver Detention Impacts on Safety and Productivity

  • October 14th, 2019

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulates the number of hours per daythat commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers are allowed to be on-duty, which includes total driving hours. Currently, property-carrying CMV drivers are allowed a maximum of 14 on-duty hours per day, with an 11-hour daily driving limit. Since 2005, industry concerns over various […]

Read More

Mitigating the Problem of Young Driver Risk-Taking

  • October 14th, 2019

The goal of this report is the improvement of traffic safety by mitigating young-driver (aged 16-20) risk-taking. We recognize that there is a wide range of problematic risky behaviors in addition to, or separate from, risk-taking while driving. A significant number of young people are identified and in need of direct help to address serious […]

, , , , , , ,
Read More