Category: Safety Topics

  • January 14th, 2015

Being stuck in traffic is one of the most infuriating experiences for a driver, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University may have found a solution. They claim they can reduce the commute times of urban workers by 40% by replacing physical traffic lights with virtual traffic lights. “With this technology, traffic lights will be created on demand […]

  • January 12th, 2015

See how our Federal Highway Administration and its partners collaborate to make biking and walking safer, affordable, more accessible, and an integral part of livable communities across America.

  • January 2nd, 2015

Over the past few years, increased publicity and marketing has sparked a national conversation among members of the law enforcement profes- sion about the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) initiative. DDACTS is being promoted as a tool to improve data applications, reduce needed resources and simultaneously drive down crime and crashes. DDACTS is […]

  • December 18th, 2014

The engineers at Cadillac say they’ve found the key to further eliminating a driver’s blind spot. Starting with its newest model, the 2016 CT6, the automaker will incorporate streaming video into the vehicle’s rearview mirror, which will be fed by a high-definition camera embedded in the center of the trunk. The technology will give CT6 […]

  • November 17th, 2014

RoadSafe partner ingenie’s Young Driver Report presents compelling evidence that telematics insurance policies that measure how young people drive and provide feedback to help them become safer, can significantly reduce crash frequency among this high-risk group. Road crashes are still the biggest accidental killer of young people Young drivers are involved in 20% of killed and seriously injured […]

  • November 12th, 2014

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is investigating whether truck drivers are being pressured to get behind the wheel and drive long hours even when they’re tired. This comes in response to an FMCSA rule proposed in March that would require truckers to record their hours electronically. The agency is looking into whether trucking […]

  • October 29th, 2014

In preparation for the Ebola Response Update Teleconference and Webinar held on October 24, 2014, organizers invited participants to submit advance questions so presenters could frame their presentations.