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DETROIT - General Motors is providing a total of eight vehicles, vehicle-to-vehicle-technology-equipped Buck and Cadillac cars, to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Model Deployment program for a year.
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DETROIT – The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has officially launched its Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Program, which will test vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) safety technology applications in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a report that said new vehicle designs between MY-2000 and MY-2008 helped save 2000 lives and prevented 1 million occupant injuries in 2008.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The plan provides an outline for different groups, including lawmakers and safety organizations, to follow in order to reduce the risk distracted driving presents. The funding is for two pilot programs, one in California, the other in Delaware.
Read More →WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently hosted a technical workshop to discuss regulatory and safety considerations for electric vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON - Roughly four out of five participants, 82%, in a U.S. Department of Transportation program, said they strongly agreed they would like to have vehicle-to-vehicle safety features on a vehicle they drive.
Read More →WASHINGTON -- U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood on May 7 announced $20 million in funding for Oregon, Alabama and South Carolina to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation has decided to conduct further research before issuing a final ruling on a proposed mandate to install rear-view cameras on late-model vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON – NHTSA and the DOT proposed new guidelines designed to encourage automakers to limit the risk of driver distraction when using communications, navigation, and entertainment technologies built into vehicles.
Read More →WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation last week kicked off a nationwide crackdown on drunk driving coinciding with the winter holiday season.
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