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Drowsy driving is a common phenomenon that increases the risk for fatal and injurious crashes. Technological innovations in the form of driver monitoring and notification systems may offer potential to reduce crashes due to drowsy driving. These systems monitor the driver’s drowsy driving state and issue alerts when the driver is classified by the system […]
Owners of General Motors’ electric vehicles will have access to Tesla’s Supercharger network, the companies announced Thursday, two weeks after Tesla struck a similar deal with Ford. Why it matters: It’s a landmark deal that could jump-start EV adoption. Driving the news: GM said it will adopt Tesla’s connector design into its EVs beginning in 2025. Read […]
Campus safety is the goal of the Troy University’s police department, and they say that job has gotten a little easier thanks to newly installed license plate readers. For the past four months, police have used 12 cameras installed across campus to track those driving onto campus. Those cameras are made by the company Flock. […]
In recent years, some localities have removed highways or built structures known as “highway caps” over sections of highways to repurpose the land for community or economic development. GAO identified 21 projects to remove or cap highways that received federal funding from fiscal years 2012 through 2021, the most current data available at the time […]
The current study was conducted to investigate the differences in injury outcomes between bicyclists struck by SUVs and those struck by cars. This study was designed to complement an earlier investigation using a similar methodology but focusing on pedestrian crashes. View the full study here.
NHTSA has released the 2022 early estimate report presenting the projections of traffic fatalities (42,795) and the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) (1.35) for 2022 (Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2022, DOT HS 813 428). That Crash*Stats shows a marginal decrease of about 0.3 percent as compared to […]
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says this time of year for highway patrol is extremely hectic as they see more issues with inexperienced drivers. “We don’t believe that they’re bad drivers, they just might be inexperienced drivers,” said Sgt. Jeremy Burkett with ALEA. With school being out, more high school and college students will be […]
Your Roads. Their Freedom. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are held against their will and trafficked into forced labor and commercial sex. While on your roads, you could be the key to their freedom. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) “Your Roads, Their Freedom” campaign seeks to raise awareness of human trafficking […]
Some Alabamians have fallen victim to an online scam that makes them think their license has been renewed when it most definitely has not been. According to the Autauga County Probate Office, there are some third-party websites that are charging people extra fees to renew their licenses online. These sites have been known to add […]
As emerging transportation technologies continue to evolve and society acknowledges the potential benefits, various automated technologies are becoming more prevalent and affordable in new vehicles. In conjunction with this trend, there have been increasing calls for some vehicle technologies to be equipped in all new vehicles to improve traffic safety. Efforts to help expedite this […]