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Testing of four 2026 model-year vehicles found that automatic emergency braking prevented collisions in standardized intersection scenarios, but three vehicles failed to avoid crashes when another vehicle turned into their path.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is asking for public comment on a proposed regulation that would require vehicle rear turn signal lights to be amber-colored.
Read More →PROVIDENCE RI --- The Rhode Island General Assembly is considering a bill that would require an independent appraisal of any vehicle collision damage that exceeds $2,000.
Read More →LOS ANGELES --- Normally, DNA evidence is used to solve only violent crimes because of the expense involved. But LAPD detectives recently used DNA evidence to identify three suspects in downtown car burglaries, the L.A. Times reported.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations is recalling 127,183 Firestone FR380 tires (size P235/75R15) manufactured from Sept. 9, 2007 through July 2, 2008.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Kumho Tire USA is recalling 36,292 Kumho Mohave A/T light truck all-terrain tires.
Read More →Backing up is always dangerous because it's difficult to see behind the vehicle. Here are some driving tips, courtesy of the California DMV, that you may want to pass along to your drivers as a friendly reminder.
Read More →STUTTGART, GERMANY - In addition to the PRE-SAFE crash detection system on the Mercedes-Benz ESF 2009 S400 Hybrid experimental safety vehicle and the car's "inflatable metal" structure, there's also a full range of bags and bolsters to protect passengers in the event of a crash.
Read More →WAUKESHA, WI --- The FBI is alleging that a Waukesha auto repair business owner and some of his employees have been enhancing damage to vehicles, replacing air bags with used air bags, and using salvage yard parts instead of new ones in order to defraud insurance companies, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Read More →LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CA --- The Los Angeles County D.A.'s office announced that a commercial truck driver, whose runaway big rig hit several cars in La Canada Flintridge in April, has been indicted on two counts of murder.
Read More →ROCKFORD, IL --- A number of cars from a Canadian National Railway Co. train smoldered here over the weekend, as federal investigators continued to probe whether standing water from heavy rains factored into a Friday night derailment that left one woman dead and three others injured, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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