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Newsby StaffMarch 19, 2025

IIHS Sets Stricter Top Safety Pick Criteria for 2025 Vehicles

IIHS raises the bar for back seat safety, leading to fewer 2025 Top Safety Pick qualifying models as automakers adapt to rigorous crash tests.

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Newsby Christy GrimesJune 10, 2024

IIHS Toughens Top Safety Pick Criteria for 2024 [Updated June 10]

IIHS is increasing the ratings vehicles must get on some of its tests to better protect back seat passengers, as well as vulnerable road users. A look at the tests that are changing, plus which vehicles landed Top Safety Pick+ awards.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2022

IIHS Evaluation: Auto Brake Tech Benefits Muted After Dark

Out of 23 vehicles that underwent a new nighttime test of pedestrian automatic emergency braking systems, only the superior-rated Pathfinder avoided a collision with the pedestrian dummy in both test scenarios at all test speeds.

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Newsby StaffAugust 16, 2022

FHWA Mandates New Standard for Retroreflective Pavement Markings

The Federal Highway Administration announced a final rule that aims to improve safety for all road users by ensuring that pavement markings are made more visible in dark or low light conditions.

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Newsby StaffAugust 16, 2022

Many Americans Struggle to Identify Road Signs

A new survey explores Americans’ ability to identify both common and complex road signs, which are critical to protecting all road users.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 16, 2022

NHTSA Gives Nod to Adaptive Driving Beam Headlights on New Vehicles

Widely used in Europe and Asia for over a decade, these “smart” headlights have been illegal in the U.S. up until now.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 3, 2022

Driving Anxiety Up 84% Since 2017

Nervous motorists are concerned about everything from inclement weather to driving on highways and over bridges, according to new research from Bill Plant Driving School.

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Articlesby Marianne MatthewsDecember 3, 2019

10 Night Driving Tips

An estimated 90% of all driver decisions are based on what the driver can see. Yet at night, one's vision is compromised, which may account for the fact that approximately 40% of all fatal motor vehicle accidents occur at night.

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Newsby StaffJuly 10, 2019

Thermal Imaging Dash Cam Aims to Reduce Nighttime Accidents

Brooklyn, New York startup Wesa has introduced Nightride, a thermal imaging camera that can be mounted to the hood of a vehicle to allow drivers greater visibility at night to avoid objects on the roadway ahead, according to the company.

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Newsby StaffJune 25, 2019

New Jersey Gets Tougher on Drunk Driving

The New Jersey Senate and Assembly has passed legislation requiring ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders, expanding the state's existing interlock law to first-time drunk drivers with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher.

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