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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 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced that a recent check on the trucking industry revealed the lowest rate of out-of-service vehicles in two decades.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has petitioned the federal government to regulate the bumpers on light trucks (SUVs, pickups, and vans) just as it regulates those on cars.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Several safety initiatives designed to reduce collisions between motor vehicles and trains will be completed before the end of 2008 as part of the ongoing U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Highway-Rail Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Action Plan, announced DOT Secretary Mary E. Peters.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced a new rule June 30 aimed at making it more difficult for commercial transportation workers to cheat on their required drug tests.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA — The redesigned 2009 Acura TSX, a midsize luxury car, has won the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI --- The 2008 Ford Explorer is more resistant to damage and less likely to cause damage to other vehicles in low-speed crashes than other midsize sport utility vehicles, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reported July 1.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Hyundai will be recalling 88,943 2007 and 2008 Santa Fe SUVs in August to correct an inaccurate certification label. The label in question lists the wrong gross axle weight ratings on vehicles equipped with 18-inch wheels and tires.
Read More →GARLAND, TX --- Police have taken into a custody a 22-year-old man who is suspected of shooting at motorists in Garland, Mesquite, Richardson and Plano, Texas, the Dallas News reported.
Read More →MAYFIELD, OH --- Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has introduced an optional car insurance program, called MyRate, that gives drivers a customized rate based on their driving behavior, as recorded by a black box.
Read More →On average, 20 percent of fleet vehicles are involved in accidents each year. Although this percentage has remained steady from 2005-2007, the cost of repairing these vehicles is rising.
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