Researchers tested the pickup truck's technology in various scenarios, including a traffic stop, to see how it responded without the help of a human operator.
A Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study found that on-board monitoring systems and coaching after safety-critical events improves driver performance and safety.
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute-led study will provide guidelines for integrating automated driving systems into fleets, including a demonstration involving a highly automated truck traveling cross country.
A recent study has found a strong link between fleets that invest in advanced safety technologies and emphasize company-wide safety culture and greatly improved safety performance outcomes.
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are teaching driver’s education students about truck safety through interactive demonstrations at 25 high schools in Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware.
The federal safety agency hands out awards to safety engineers from Volvo, Autoliv and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
New research from Virginia Tech finds that when people are visibly sad, angry or agitated, they're nearly 10 times more likely to get in a collision while driving.
This ABC News video reports on new Virginia Tech research that found drivers increase their crash risk nearly tenfold when they get behind the wheel while visibly angry, sad, crying or emotionally agitated. For the full story, click here.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researchers demonstrate self-driving and connected-vehicle technologies while traveling on I-395.
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute launches a research project focused on the feasibility of adaptive traffic signs – an application of connected-vehicle technology.
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