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Are canvas bags the solution to fewer deer-related car crashes? Two experts from the Teton Research Institute think so, as Deseret News reports, after conducting an experiment that involved tying white canvas sacks over wildlife reflectors along four Wyoming highways, where deer-car collisions are a frequent problem. Traditional red reflectors disperse a vehicle’s headlight beams across the […]
Declining health is known to be a major cause of driving cessation. It is less clear what impacts driving cessation may have on subsequent health and well-being in older adults. This systematic review assesses the evidence in the research literature on the consequences of driving cessation in older adults.
Sometimes a human driver is still the best option. Just this week, federal safety regulators recommended that all cars be equipped with automatic braking systems that can stop cars when drivers don’t see vehicles or other obstacles in front of them. The National Transportation Safety Board says this could save thousands of lives. But now these safety […]
Nothing says “I’m a new driver” more than a fire-red label stuck to your license plate for all to see. That’s what happens in New Jersey to anyone with a learner’s permit under age 21. But identifying these newest drivers doesn’t necessarily help reduce crash rates, research finds.
Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters on Thursday. It was believed to be the first such incident involving two vehicles specially equipped for automated driving. The incident occurred […]
Samsung is working on a technology to let people see through giant trucks on the road. The Safety Truck prototype mounts a wireless camera on the front of the vehicle and livestreams the view onto a giant wall of four video screens on the back. If you’re stuck behind a large truck, you’ll have a clear, real-time […]
Legislation being proposed in the U.S. House and Senate today would require federal auto regulators to include information about collision-avoidance systems in their new car safety ratings. The legislation is being proposed by U.S. Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., and U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. It comes just […]
Over 1,700 people were killed and 500,000 injured in rear end crashes 2012, according to federal agency. That’s why the National Transportation Safety Board is urging regulators to make automatic braking systems a standard feature on all new cars. “Safety should be a basic feature rather than an option we have to purchase and that […]
In 2014, seat belt use rates in the United States ranged from a low of 68.9 percent in South Dakota to a high of 97.8 percent in Oregon. Nineteen States, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands achieved belt use rates of 90 percent or higher. These results are from probability-based observational surveys […]
We have some bad news for the queasy. For adults, motion sickness will be more of an issue in self-driving vehicles than in conventional vehicles. Some are expected to experience motion sickness often, while others may actually feel sick every time they’re riding in an autonomous vehicle, a study by researchers at The University of Michigan’s Transportation Research […]