Trump Administration Moves to Speed Up Fully Autonomous Vehicles October 5, 2018 By David Shepardson The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads...
Ford F150 Pickup Trucks’ Seat Belts Probed for Fire Risk August 8, 2018 The U.S. traffic safety regulator is investigating complaints of fire during crashes in some Ford Motor Co. F-150 Supercrew pickup...
Vehicle Recalls in U.S. Fell in 2017 After 3 Years of Record High Levels March 12, 2018 By David Shepardson U.S. motor vehicle recalls fell to 30.7 million in 2017, the lowest level since 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety...
U.S. Wants Help Removing Regulations Blocking Autonomous Vehicles October 30, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Highway Traffic-Safety Administration said Friday it is looking for input on how it can remove regulatory roadblocks...
Distracted Driving Is More Deadly Than Data Shows: Special Report October 18, 2017 By Kyle Stock Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability. A “crash” killed her...
Traffic Accident Deaths Still Increasing as Distracted Driving Reports Decline October 9, 2017 Traffic accident deaths in the U.S. continue to rise, even while deaths related to distracted driving decline. Pedestrian and motorcyclist...
Regulators Under Pressure to Develop Rules of Road Minus Drivers August 24, 2017 By Ryan Beene When the U.S. government finally got around to regulating auto safety in 1967, it insisted that every car have seat...
Lawsuit Claims U.S. Delinquent in Enforcing Rear Passenger Seat Belt Law August 18, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel A new lawsuit accuses the U.S. government of being too slow to implement rules requiring that rear seat vehicle passengers...
Lucky to Be Alive, Calling for a Revolution in Road Safety February 24, 2017 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Three weeks ago, I was walking home on a dark, snowy night in Concord, Massachusetts. The next thing I knew,...
U.S. Rule Requires Sound Alerts on Quiet Electric, Hybrid Cars November 17, 2016 By David Shepardson The U.S. government on Monday finalized long-delayed rules that will require “quiet cars” like electric vehicles and hybrids to emit...