Cars that drive themselves may hold the potential to save thousands of lives, an Obama administration safety official said Tuesday, as the government prepares to launch a research initiative to determine the safety and reliability of automated driving technologies. Automated …
The U.S. safety regulator issued a warning on Wednesday to consumers with repaired vehicles that they may have airbags that don’t inflate in an accident. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said testing had revealed the problem involving the sale …
A new report shows that more than half of those killed in traffic accidents in the nation’s capital in 2010 were pedestrians. The report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that of the 24 traffic fatalities in the …
Traffic deaths soared 13.5 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, and the number of deaths per miles driven also rose significantly, according to preliminary government estimates released Friday. An estimated 7,630 …
Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints about engine stalling in some Chrysler 200 midsize sedans. The probe includes about 87,000 of the cars from the 2011 model year that have 3.6-liter V-6 engines. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says …
Some 1.4 million Toyota Motor Corp vehicles are being scrutinized more closely by U.S. safety regulators looking for possible increased fire risk, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday. The expanded probe includes the manufacturer’s best-selling Camry sedan …
Although racing purists might recognize the Stutz Bearcat or the Mercer Raceabout as America’s first sports cars, there is no question that the Chevrolet Corvette holds the title as America’s oldest, continuously produced sports car. The public saw the Corvette …
Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads in 2011 fell to their lowest level since federal safety regulators started counting in 1949, the regulators said on Monday. Preliminary data estimates that 32,310 people died in motor vehicle crashes last year, down 1.7 …
Chrysler is recalling 119,072 cars after discovering that the antilock brake and electronic stability control systems can fail because of an overheated power supply. The model year 2011 and 2012 Chrysler 300s and Dodge Chargers will have a fuse changed …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. Tough federal legislation is the only way …