Traumatic brain injury has made headlines in the past few years in the world of professional sports. But traumatic brain injury and a resulting diagnosis of degenerative brain disease is also a reality for many service members who have been injured in combat. Almost 20 percent of soldiers reported that they experienced a traumatic brain […]
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NHTSA Creates Program to Help Commercial Vehicles Comply with Safety Rules
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is hopeful that a new endeavor will help improve the overall safety of US roadways by making rules clearer and easier to follow. The agency introduced a Compliance Assistance Program (CAP) in March of this year to help regulated entities, including commercial vehicles and equipment companies, conform to […]
National Transportation Safety Board Advocates for Seat Belt Use in New School Buses
School buses are generally a safe mode of transportation. By design, school buses are better equipped to avoid crashes and prevent injury to drivers and riders than passenger cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that approximately 2,000 children are killed in car crashes each year, while an average of 6 children die as […]
Uber Suspends Self-Driving Car Tests in Major Cities
Many states have allowed autonomous car testing in their cities in the hope of being at the forefront of this technological revolution. Autonomous vehicle testing by several companies, including Uber, Alphabet Inc., and General Motors Co. has taken place in large cities in states such as Arizona and Texas. Uber has been testing its cars […]
Autonomous Car Crashes with Stationary Vehicles Suggest that Systems Must be Improved
Another crash between a Tesla in autopilot mode and a stationary vehicle underscores one of the limitation of cars driving in semi-autonomous mode. In May, a Tesla Model S traveling about 60 mph crashed into a fire truck that was stopped at a red light in South Jordan, Utah. The driver stated that the car […]
