Study Questions Safety Claims About Tesla Autopilot’s Steering Feature February 14, 2019 By Ryan Beene An analysis of government data disputes a finding by safety regulators and promoted by Tesla Inc. that crash rates of...
Nevada Gets Federal Grant to Improve Pedestrian Safety November 7, 2018 The state of Nevada has won a $40,000 federal grant to make streets safer for pedestrians. The National Highway Traffic...
New York Governor Says Limo That Crashed Shouldn’t Have Been on the Road October 10, 2018 By Michael Hill and Sabrina Caserta The supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people outside a country store failed a safety inspection last month and...
Investigators Probe Cause of New Jersey School Bus Crash That Killed Two May 21, 2018 By David Porter and Michael R. Sisak First, a scraping sound. Then, chaos and panic as a bus taking a group of fifth-graders on a field trip...
Utah Tesla Driver Had Hands off Wheel Before Crash, Data Shows May 18, 2018 A Utah driver turned on the semi-autonomous functions of her Tesla vehicle and then didn’t touch the steering wheel again...
Georgia Considering Commercial Truck-Only Highway February 14, 2018 Georgia transportation officials are exploring the idea of a separate highway for trucks only. It would be the first highway...
Federal Safety Agency Seeks to Remove Roadblocks to Autonomous Trucks, Buses January 11, 2018 By Ryan Beene Federal regulators are taking the first step toward creating a policy guiding the development of autonomous transportation beyond self-driving cars...
Takata Airbag Led to Death in Louisiana Honda Civic Crash December 20, 2017 Honda Motor Co.’s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed on that a ruptured airbag inflator...
California Lawmakers May Limit Liability of Autonomous Carmakers November 21, 2017 By Michael Liedtke California regulators are embracing a General Motors recommendation that would help makers of self-driving cars avoid paying for accidents and...
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...