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Hands-Free Driving Systems Do Not Improve Safety, NTSB Says
Apr 6 2026 // The systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people are often too reliant on them and end up paying more attention to their cellphones and...
NTSB to Hold Hearing on Two Fatal Ford Crashes Involving Driver Assistance
Mar 11 2026 // The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a March 31 hearing to determine the probable cause of two fatal crashes involving Ford Motor’s hands-free advanced driver assistance system BlueCruise. Both crashes...
Plane That Crashed in Maine Spent Too Long on Runway After Deicing, NTSB Says
Mar 9 2026 // A private jet that crashed in Maine in January, killing all six people aboard, remained on the ground 8 minutes longer than it should have after receiving a deicing treatment in a snowstorm, according to a preliminary...
Gas Smell at Nursing Home Reported Hours Before Deadly Explosion: NTSB
Jan 30 2026 // Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors and brought in workers from the local utility company to check it...
NTSB Opens Probe Into Waymo Robotaxis Passing Stopped School Buses
Jan 27 2026 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it is opening an investigation into self-driving car company Waymo after its robotaxis illegally passed stopped school buses in Austin, Texas, at least 19 times...
NTSB Unclear Who Was at Controls in Jet Crash That Killed Biffle and 6 Others
Dec 22 2025 // Federal investigators are trying to figure out why a business jet carrying retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and six others tried to return to a North Carolina airport just after takeoff but plowed into light poles and a...
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