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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2018

LeasePlan USA Joins Road to Zero Coalition

LeasePlan USA has joined the Road to Zero safety coalition and released three new safety programs, the Alpharetta, Ga.-based fleet management company has announced.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2018

Waymo Rolls Out First Phase of Commercial Autonomous Ride-Hailing

Waymo will also continue its early rider program, which has been in operation in the Phoenix area since 2017.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2018

VW Recalls Three Models for Instrument Cluster

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. is recalling about 73,545 2018-2019 Atlas midsize SUVs and Tiguan compact SUVs, as well as 2019 Jetta compact cars without keyless entry for an electrical system issue.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2018

16% of Virginians Fail to Buckle Up

A new survey from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles finds that 15.9% of motorists are driving without a seat belt — a slight bump up over a record low of 14.7% in 2017.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2018

Automakers Push for Advanced Adaptive Headlights

In the not too distant future, U.S. automakers may be given the opportunity to incorporate adaptive-driving-beam headlights into new vehicles they sell that provide an advancement from the automatic high beam technology available today.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2018

EPA Speeds Up Removal of Takata Air-Bag Inflators

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has implemented an interim rule to facilitate the removal of defective Takata airbag inflators from vehicles and prevent those in scrap vehicles from being reused.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2018

Texting Increases 30% During Holidays

People text and use apps while behind the wheel over 30% more during the winter holidays as compared with an average weekday, according to data collected and analyzed by TrueMotion, a smartphone telematics company.

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NewsNovember 30, 2018

Video: How to Control Your Emotions While Driving

Negative emotions such as anger and sadness have a physical effect on the body — shrinking one's field of vision — so it's important to keep emotions under control while driving.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2018

VW Recalls Golf, Audi A3 for Head Restraints

Volkswagen Group of America is recalling an estimated 169 2018 Volkswagen e-Golf and Golf R compact cars, as well as Audi A3 and RS3 entry luxury sedans because the rear seat frame head restraints may be improperly welded to the seat frame.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2018

Headlights Improve on 2018 Models: IIHS

The best-available headlights on 32 of 165 2018 models evaluated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) earned the highest rating of good — marking a significant improvement over only two of 95 2016-model headlight systems that earned a good rating.

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