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USDOT FHA: New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving topped 2.4 trillion miles in the first nine months of 2016, lengthening a series of consecutive monthly increases that started in April 2014. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is moving to accelerate the pace of repairs to cars that have faulty air bag inflators made by Japanese supplier Takata. The agency said Friday that Takata must provide replacement parts “on an accelerated basis and made available first to the riskiest vehicles.” Nearly 70 million air bags with […]
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has gotten hold of a “mystery device” that thieves have been spotted on security cameras using to electronically open and start cars. The organization says that it obtained it through an outside security expert who purchased it overseas. It describes it as a “relay attack” unit that was originally […]
“I think the profile has gotten higher and higher and the feelings of the public are much higher than it used to be,” said Mike Lee, chairman of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Build the Bridge” Coalition about the need for an $850 million bridge over the Mobile River and accompanying expansion of the […]
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 subject of the 10th University Transportation Centers Spotlight Conference is Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety. Each year, pedestrian and bicycle fatalities comprise over 12 percent of all traffic fatalities. Conditions for safe bicycling and walking have wide-ranging impacts related to accessing public transportation, commuting to school and work, accessing local services, and improving general health. […]
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.
