An official website of the United States government.
Here's how you know
The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites always use a .gov or .mil domain. Before sharing sensitive information online, make sure you’re on a .gov or .mil site by inspecting your browser's address (or "location") bar.
This site is also protected by an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate that's been signed by the U.S. government. The https:// means all transmitted data is encrypted — in other words, any information or browsing history that you provide is transmitted securely.
Although motor vehicle crash fatalities in the United States show a declining trend, road deaths remain high. Understanding the cultural context of driving, along with the personal factors that influence driving behavior, is essential for explaining why risky behaviors continue to contribute to tens of thousands of traffic fatalities each year. The 2025 Traffic Safety […]
For more than one-third of Americans, one simple number is leading them to research electric vehicles: the final tally at a recent gas station fill-up. This, according to new research from Hyundai Motor America, isn’t a hypothetical situation. In fact, 23% of respondents reported it’s happened to them more than once. For nearly half of […]
Waymo’s driverless cars are involved in fewer crashes than human drivers, but the federal system for monitoring automated vehicles needs improvement, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. Per vehicle mile traveled (VMT), Waymo’s driverless vehicles deployed in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin were involved in 68% fewer crashes than human […]
Keeping Alabama’s roads clean is costing more each year — and its money that could otherwise go toward improving safety and infrastructure. On average, the Alabama Department of Transportation is spending an additional $200,000 to $300,000 annually on litter pickup statewide. In fiscal year 2024, the total cost reached $9.4 million. The latest figures show […]
After decades of planning, the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project is moving forward with strong support from federal, state and local partners. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization announced today a revised project approach that positions construction to begin before the end of […]
Keeping Alabama’s roads safe extends far beyond designing highways and maintaining infrastructure. It also means investing time in educating the people who teach the state’s newest drivers. ALDOT engineer helps prepare Alabama’s next generation of “Safe Drivers”
Every professional driver knows the feeling before they’d ever admit it out loud: eyes heavy, mile marker signs starting to blur, that little voice saying pull over now. Most handle it right. Some don’t get the warning in time. A young engineer in Baltimore thinks he can give every driver a heads-up before it happens, […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to publish a proposed rule as soon as this month that would make failing an English-proficiency check an automatic out-of-service violation, not a warning, not a note in a file, but an actual “you’re not moving this truck” order. It’s a small change on paper. It is […]
Police are now also required to investigate every cargo theft report filed, regardless of where the theft occurred. That’s a significant change. For Alabama carriers crossing into Tennessee on I-65 or I-24, this is good news. Cargo theft has risen dramatically in recent years, costing the industry an estimated $18 million per day nationally according to […]
Operation Safe Driver Week runs July 12 through 18, 2026. It is organized by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, and it puts state, provincial, and local enforcement officers on the lookout for one thing in particular this year: reckless and careless driving. According to CVSA: The goal of this weeklong safe-driving enforcement and outreach initiative is to […]