‘Public Is Tired of Excuses’ for Delays in Anti-Crash Tech: Republican Chairman February 16, 2018 By David Shepardson The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to...
Wife of Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Sues Rail Companies for Negligence February 12, 2018 By Meg Kinnard The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South...
Railway Signals Turned Off For PTC Installation At Time of South Carolina Crash February 7, 2018 By Meg Kinnard Railway signals were out while crews installed a safety system that could have prevented the exact type of crash that...
Amtrak Blames CSX for Deadly South Carolina Crash February 5, 2018 By Randall Hill Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for causing a crash on Sunday that killed two people and injured more than...
Tesla Autopilot Crash with Parked Fire Truck in Los Angeles Under Investigation January 24, 2018 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will investigate an accident involving a Tesla Inc. Model S sedan that rear-ended a...
National Safety Board Schedules Vote on Tesla Autopilot Crash Cause August 23, 2017 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will vote at a Sept. 12 hearing on the probable cause of a May...
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...
U.S. Transportation Safety Board Calls for More Traffic Cameras July 27, 2017 By Ryan Beene A U.S. safety watchdog called for broader use of traffic cameras to catch speeding drivers, as it said driving too...
Safety Advocates Frustrated that Accident-Prevention Technologies Remain Optional November 15, 2016 By Alan Levin Computerized sensors that warn drivers they’re about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on...
Corporate Pilots Often Neglect Required Safety Checks September 29, 2016 By Alan Levin Corporate pilots routinely take off without performing required safety checks, a study of thousands of flights by a trade group...