Roads & Highways

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In advance of National Teen Driver Safety Week (October 17-23), today the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the first naturalistic study using invehicle cameras to capture teenage drivers and their parents during their supervised driving phase. Nearly half (47 percent) of parents in the study reported that after the yearlong learner’s stage, [...]

New data from the federal government shows that distracted driving contributed to an estimated 5,474 fatalities and 448,000 injuries on America’s roads in 2009. The number of fatalities, which are calculated by combining actual crash data with sampling-based statistics, showed a slight drop from 2008, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]

Nearly 10% fewer people died in motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. in 2009 than in 2008, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report released today. The 33,808 deaths reported in 2009 represented a reduction of 9.7% from the 37,423 killed in 2008, and the lowest yearly total of traffic deaths since 1950, [...]

New motorcoaches will be required to have lap-shoulder belts to help prevent driver and passenger ejections during a collision, according to a proposal announced today by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The proposed rule will take effect three years after the final rule is issued. “We’re committed to making sure that motorcoach travelers reach their [...]

After concluding how an Arizona fatal bus crash occurred, the National Transportation Safety Board is calling on another government agency to adopt stricter standards, including requiring commercial vehicles to be equipped technology designed to prevent accidents. The NTSB determined that last year’s fatal tour bus accident near Dolan Springs, Ariz. was a result of the [...]