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In a new round of evaluations, 5 of 7 small SUVs earn good ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for occupant protection in a passenger-side small overlap front crash. The ratings bring to 16 the number of small SUVs the Institute has evaluated in the passenger-side small overlap front test, which was introduced […]
This paper summarizes the findings of a symposium and research on the implications of autonomous vehicles for cities and regions. It is intended for planners and local government officials involved in land-use planning, urban design, and transportation. Readers will learn about the need to plan for the potential benefits and negative impacts of autonomous vehicles […]
The national “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign may be the most recognizable traffic safety effort. Each year, around Memorial Day, law enforcement agencies across the country increase patrols as a reminder to drivers to buckle up. In Alabama, ADECA’s Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Division administers grant funding that helps law enforcement officers, deputies […]
Today’s older Americans enjoy a level of mobility and an active lifestyle that far outpaces previous generations. Demographic trends indicate that the number and proportion of older Americans have increased dramatically in recent years and will continue to do so. The provision of transportation improvements that will make it easier for older American’s to maintain […]
As long as robot cars roam public streets and highways, they will occasionally kill people. That’s the ugly truth that no on in the driver-less vehicle industry can deny. Will those robot cars kill people at significantly lower rates than drunk, stoned, tired, or distracted human drivers do now? Automakers, technology companies, politicians, and regulators […]
Tempe police on Wednesday released video footage taken just before an autonomous Uber SUV hit and killed a 49-year-old pedestrian. The video shows what the car and its safety driver could see before the collision with the woman and also offers footage of the driver. The safety driver, Rafaela Vasquez, appears to look down several […]
The death of a woman who was struck by a self-driving Uber in Arizona on Sunday has auto-safety advocates demanding that U.S. regulators and lawmakers slow down the rush to bring autonomous vehicles to the nation’s roadways. Don’t count on it. Efforts to streamline regulations to accommodate the emerging technology have been under way since […]
Americans are living longer and driving later in their lives, but newly released numbers show a growing threat to the safety of older motorists. A report released by nonprofit transportation research group TRIP finds fatalities in traffic crashes involving drivers 65 years old or older increased 22 percent from 2012 to 2016. The number of […]
Roadway Safety Institute: The roadway safety policy and leadership study built on previous review of evidence-based policy countermeasures for reducing road fatalities and serious injuries – and how legislators and policy leaders are addressing these issues through adoption of certain evidence-based policy countermeasures. The research is premised on the anticipated correlation of policy countermeasure adoption […]
Less than a week after 17-year-old Camryn Callaway lost her life in a wreck on I-65 S, Pelham Police confirmed what caused the crash: texting while driving. Callaway, a senior at Thompson High School was killed when her vehicle ran into the back of an 18-wheeler last Thursday night. Her family and friends are heartbroken, […]