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NTSB Rear Seat Safety in Passenger Vehicles
This report discusses improving the safety of the rear seat environment in passenger vehicles is vital to the goal of preventing fatalities and mitigating injuries in automobile crashes.
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Road Rage is Getting Worse, Not Better
If commuters only understood. That is the prevailing mentality of truck drivers when it comes to courtesy, and the lack thereof, on Florida’s highways. Jacksonville-based truckers say if people better understood the challenges of driving 18-wheelers, they’d be less inclined to spar with them on the roads. Lane changes and merging trigger the vast majority […]
US has Few Rules of the Road for Self-Driving Cars
When it comes to the fledgling world of self-driving cars, most of the country exists in a legal gray area that is unlikely to change in 2017. Nine states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books that address the cars, some of which lay out clear ground rules for permits and where […]
FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to establish requirements for the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse), a database under the Agency’s administration that will contain information about violations of FMCSA’s drug and alcohol testing program for the holders of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs).
U.S. Drivers Log 2.4 Trillion Miles In First Nine Months of 2016
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 […]
Feds Move to Quicken Pace of Takata Air Bag Repairs
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 […]
Car-Stealing ‘Mystery Device’ Uncovered
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 […]
Will President-Elect Trump’s Visit Help Mobile ‘Build the Bridge’?
“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 […]
Drivers Beware: Crash Rate Spikes with Every Hour of Lost Sleep
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 Flashing Yellow Arrow is Coming to Alabama
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 […]