In December last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety had conducted side crash tests on small pickups, and the results were very positive. However, the IIHS more recently has published a report showing that most small pickups fall short when it comes to protecting passengers seated ...

New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAAFTS) finds that unsafe driving behaviors, including speeding, red-light running, drowsy driving and driving impaired on cannabis or alcohol, rose from 2020 to 2021. The survey also shows that road rage is a growing concern with 23% of ...

In late December I wrote about autobrake becoming universal in the U.S. Now, a regulation proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will help ensure that important improvements in automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology, including systems to protect pedestrians, spread ...

The state Department of Motor Vehicles has been working alongside many law enforcement agencies, including the Utica Police Department, to crack down on the use of fake license plates. Drivers illegally use fake license plates to avoid tolls, vehicle registration fees, evade speed cameras and ...

Effective June 14, 2023, state Navigation Law and Penal Law has been amended in relation to operating a vessel while intoxicated (BWI) with a person 15 years and younger who is a passenger in such vessel. It is now a class E felony for a person 16 years of age or over to operate a vessel ...

Last week’s column dealt with the proper use of a two-way left-turn (TWLT) lane, also often called a center turn lane. Today’s column is about the proper way to use a dedicated left-turn lane, as in the accompanying picture. A left-turn-only lane is a lane that is dedicated to ...