For much of the public, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is synonymous with vehicle safety research, but it’s far from the organization’s only focus. Jessica Cicchino is a Senior Vice President at IIHS. She directs the Institute’s research on road user behavior and ...

It’s about to get harder to get away with illegally passing a stopped school bus in the city of Syracuse. In an article from WSYR-TV and an April 21 news release by the city, the city activated its fleet of cameras that automatically record traffic passing a school bus when its red lights are ...

The twice-yearly time change is not a major factor in America’s ongoing road safety, according to David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Speaking at a congressional hearing on April 10, he said: “Whatever you decide to do about the clock, I hope you ...

In November, I wrote an article about how the city of Albany was trying to reduce speeding in school speed zones by using cameras. That article stated that there were 12,895 speeding tickets issued to registered owners of vehicles that were caught on camera speeding more than 10 mph over the ...

Figures from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) show a huge increase in pedestrian fatalities in the United States over the past 10 years. Bigger and heavier vehicles are not helping. In short, the average vehicle size has grown significantly along with the increase in ...

For decades, I have written almost 1,000 articles on vehicle and traffic laws and traffic safety, and I frequently discuss traffic safety issues with many people, including those in law enforcement. I also realize the importance of taking a periodic course to review new and existing traffic ...