Future of Drone Industry Clouded by Panel’s Failure to Agree on Security October 11, 2017 By Alan Levin A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding...
Drone’s Collision With Army Helicopter Over New York Probed October 6, 2017 By Alan Levin Federal investigators have opened their first probe of a mid-air collision between a civilian drone and a traditional aircraft. An...
Family Says Tesla Car Did Not Kill Their Son But Regulator Says Tesla Shares Blame September 12, 2017 By Alan Levin Federal accident investigators are poised to find that Tesla Inc.’s auto-driving system should share blame for a fatal 2016 crash...
Hobbyist Drones Banned from Harvey Rescue Area August 30, 2017 By Alan Levin Aviation regulators imposed a prohibition on hobbyist drones and other civilian aircraft flying in the area affected by Tropical Storm...
Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue August 7, 2017 By Alan Levin The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have...
New York Rail Design Cited for Boosting Death Toll in 2015 Crash July 25, 2017 By Alan Levin The design of the New York region’s Metro-North Railroad power supply is among the reasons a 2015 accident between a...
Truck Speeding Fix Among Safety Rules Halted by Trump Anti-Regulation Order July 7, 2017 By Alan Levin Years of pleas from parents whose son was killed by a speeding tractor-trailer, buy-in from some truckers and the promise...
Report Offers Details But No Finding of Cause of Tesla Crash June 21, 2017 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The Tesla Model S accident that last year sparked a debate about the car company’s partially autonomous driving tools resulted...
U.S. Court Voids Recreational Drone User Registry May 22, 2017 By Andrew Harris and Alan Levin The government’s authority to oversee burgeoning recreational drone use was dealt a setback when a federal appeals court barred the...
Dummies Taking Hits for Drone Safety March 16, 2017 By Alan Levin Hank sat impassively on a Virginia Tech athletic field, ready to take it on the chin for the future of...