Road traffic safety

Small SUV ‘Crash Avoidance’ Tech Does Not Avoid Crashes

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested 10 of the most popular small crossovers on the market and found that just one of them earned a “good” rating when it comes to vehicle-to-vehicle crash prevention. That is, uh, less than ideal — especially for folks who ride motorcycles and those of us who generally do … Read more

Los Angeles Made A Plan To Stop Traffic Deaths By 2025, But They’ve Doubled Instead

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More people were killed in traffic collisions on the streets of Los Angeles in 2023 than were murdered. The city pledged in 2015 to end driving and pedestrian deaths before 2025, and after nine years of doing basically nothing, the city just keeps setting new fatality records year after year. An astonishing 337 Los Angelinos … Read more

A 4-Inch Taller Hood Makes Your Car 22 Percent More Likely To Kill: Study

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Vehicles in America are novelty oversized, like a universal TV remote from a store in the weird corner of the mall. We’ve known this for years, and the problem has only kept getting worse. Now, though, new data suggests — once again — that the bigger cars are deadlier. The 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R … Read more

There Are 16,500 Car Crashes A Day In The U.S. And The Deadly Problem Is Only Getting Worse

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Photo: Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News (Getty Images) Since 2020, the number of road deaths in the United States has been rising at a truly staggering rate. There isn’t a singular cause behind this drastic shift. Instances of drunk driving and speeding are both up. Seatbelt use is down. But why? The New York … Read more

Going Fast Is Fun, But Watch What Happens When It All Goes Wrong

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We all love driving fast, but watching the cold hard reality imposed on us all by The Laws Of Physics might make you think twice before speeding. Forget Autonomy, Drivers Still Want Control The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or IIHS is an independent agency that holds automakers publicly accountable for the safety of their … Read more

Bicyclists Seek Solution To Deadly ‘Dooring’ Crashes In LA

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white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a cyclist was killed by a crash motor vehicle. Image: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Biking ain’t easy; in fact it can be straight up … Read more

These Hand-Painted Traffic Signs Reduced Japan’s Traffic Accidents

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Tucked next to roads running through school zones in Japan are some hand-painted mascots known as “Tobita-kun, or more formally, “Tobidashi Bōya,” which means “running boy.” These signs are reminders for local drivers to slow down, and according to Atlas Obscura, they helped in Japan’s so-called Traffic War. Forget Autonomy, Drivers Still Want Control The … Read more

Traffic Deaths, Injuries Cost $1.8 Trillion Worldwide: Report

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Photo: Bilanol (Getty Images) A recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the devastating toll that road crashes have globally. The United Nations agency estimates there were 1.19 million deaths in 2021. Such a high human cost is only compounded by the staggering $1.8 trillion cost on the world’s economy these incidents have. … Read more

Removing Stunt Driving From Car Commercials Probably Isn’t Going To Make Roads Any Safer

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It’s no secret that America’s roads have been getting more dangerous. And as easy as it is to blame cell phones, every other developed nation has plenty of cell phones but has still managed to make its roads safer while the U.S. gets worse. Don’t worry, though. NBC News reports the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) … Read more