Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) Electronic signs are a common sight on US highways. These dot-matrix displays date back to at least the 1950s and were first used to alert drivers to changing speed limits or hazards ahead, but now you’ll often see messages exhorting us to drive safely. But targeting drivers with […]
Enlarge / After months of roadblocks, Congress unjammed itself long enough to pass an infrastructure bill that should make transportation safer. (credit: Getty Image) On Friday, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , mirroring an infrastructure bill passed by the Senate earlier this year . This […]
Enlarge / Push button, but watch out for SUVs. Particularly at night. American drivers were an even more deadly threat to pedestrians in 2020, according to data analyzed by the Governors Highway Safety Association and published on Tuesday. Early data from state highway safety offices shows that 2,957 pedestrians were killed by drivers in the […]