This story appears in the June 15 print edition of Transport Topics. The National Transportation Safety Board called on the federal government to make mandatory the installation of ...

Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2017-2021 Model S, Model 3, Model X, and 2020-2021 Model Y vehicles operating software version 2021.36.5.2. A communication error may cause false ...

On a rainy winter night in December 2019, college student Maria Smith found herself followed by a state trooper, police lights flashing, on Massachusetts’ Route 24. She pulled over to the side of the ...

Currently available only as an option on certain cars, the sensor-driven technology should be installed on all automobiles and shouldn't cost the buyer extra, according to the National Transportation ...

The National Transportation Safety Board on June 8 issued a recommendation that collision avoidance systems be standard equipment on all new cars and commercial trucks. The recommendation was ...

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has acceded to a formal request that it consider requiring that new trucks be equipped with forward-collision-mitigation systems that ...

Luxury vehicles topped the latest Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ratings for cars with a system that prevents front-end collisions. The insurance industry trade group also said such safety ...

A fatal 2023 crash involving a tractor-trailer, a motorcoach carrying high school band students, and other vehicles in Ohio was the result of the involved truck driver’s “inattention and failure to ...

WASHINGTON — Legislation being proposed in the U.S. House and Senate today would require federal auto regulators to include information about collision-avoidance systems in their new car safety ...

The company said that the protection applies in Europe and covers a system for detecting hazards on and near the tracks ahead ...