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 (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Prosecutors in California have charged a Tesla driver with two counts of manslaughter as a result of a fatal crash in December 2019. According to the Associated Press , the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that the Autopilot driver-assistance feature was active at the time of the […]
Enlarge / Anecdotally, I have never seen as much lawless driving as I have in the past year. (credit: Getty Images) The United States registered its greatest-ever six-month rise in traffic deaths for the first half of 2021. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has just published its early estimate for the months of January-June […]
Enlarge / The three months between July and September 2020 saw a massive rise in road deaths in the United States. (credit: Getty Images) American roads became significantly deadlier in 2020, according the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Although figures for the entire year won’t be available for some time, the NHTSA has calculated the […]