The New York State Driver’s Manual is revised from time to time as new vehicle and traffic laws are added and others are changed. The 1951 state driver’s manual has some very interesting information, dating back over 70 years ago. It is half the size of today’s manual, with only 39 pages, ...

“It may come as a surprise, but many drivers still don’t realize how dangerous it is to check a text message or glance at their Instagram feed while they’re zipping along the road,” said Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Research Associate Aimee Cox, the lead author of a ...

We are all aware that all-electric vehicles are heavier than internal combustion vehicles because of the weight of their batteries. Many of the current generation of EVs exceed 6,000 pounds, with the GMC Hummer EV weighing around 9,500 pounds. When two vehicles collide, the heavier vehicle ...

Last month, one of these weekly columns posed the question: “Should interstate exit numbers be changed?” I asked for responses with opinions to the question. Although I did not receive many responses, the ones that I did get were good ones. The majority favored mileage-based numbering, like ...

There seem to be more and more pickup trucks and jeeps driving on streets, roads and highways with an off-road light bar mounted on the roof and the lights illuminated. This is illegal. Off-road light bars themselves are not illegal, but driving on any public roadway with the lights on is ...

Many advanced technologies can reduce the number of lives lost on U.S. roads, but full or partial automation is not a silver bullet for safety, David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing March 7. “We firmly believe in ...