American muscle cars with high horsepower and a hot-rod image rank among the deadliest vehicles on the road, both for their own drivers and for people in other vehicles, recent calculations by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show. Six of the 21 vehicles with the highest driver ...

Several years ago, I did an article based on part of a story told by Michael Gartner, former president of NBC News. Personally, I enjoyed it so much I think it’s worth repeating, as we need a little humor in traffic safety. Gartner tells the following story about his parents. One day when ...

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 ...