A Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida March 1 was operating on the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined.
Automotive
May 16, 2019
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says in a new report that safer restraint systems are needed for the back seats of cars. The study finds that rear-seat safety has not kept pace with front-seat safety and it has ...
Automotive
Apr 26, 2019
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Even light rain significantly increases your risk of a fatal car crash, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2019
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U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles equipped with bags that may not inflate in a crash. The problem could be responsible for as ...
Automotive
Apr 23, 2019
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A vehicle traveling at 55 mph covers a distance greater than a football field in five seconds. With the average text taking approximately five seconds to read, that's at least a football field's worth of driver inattention. ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2019
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Nearly four years ago, the U.S. government's highway safety agency began investigating air bag inflators made by ARC Automotive of Tennessee when two people were hit by flying shrapnel after crashes.
Automotive
Feb 20, 2019
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Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old growth forests and wetlands.
Ecology
Dec 12, 2018
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The future of the U.S. Interstate Highway System is threatened by a persistent and growing backlog of structural and operational deficiencies and by various looming challenges, such as the progress of automated vehicles, ...
Other
Dec 6, 2018
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Artificial intelligence is helping improve safety along a stretch of Las Vegas' busiest highway.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 22, 2018
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Until recently, diversity was not a critical priority for highway safety engineers.
Engineering
Oct 2, 2018
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