Early estimate of 2019 traffic data show reduction in US road deaths for third consecutive year
U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
— Reuters, May 5, 2020
Tag: NHTSA
Annual US-wide distracted driving-related awareness/prevention campaigns may be postponed due to another public health crisis, but enforcement not canceled
Campaign canceled, but no time off for distracted driving enforcement
— Star Tribune, March 29, 2020
‘If you own a car with partial automation, you do not own a self-driving car. Don’t pretend that you do’ — deadly distraction and overconfidence in car’s tech: Investigation
NTSB: Driver in fatal Tesla crash was playing video game
— The Detroit News, February 25, 2020
Feds give temporary approval (with special requirements) for deployment of vehicles without driver/human-focused standards onto US roadways
US lets autonomous vehicle bypass human-driver safety rules
— Associated Press, February 6, 2020
Despite NTSB’s safety concerns, Fed’s position stays in backseat, sticks with ‘private sector leadership’ as plan for regulating US driverless tech-development
New US plan keeps autonomous vehicle standards voluntary
— Associated Press, January 8, 2020
More of US population killed by Big Three of deadliest crash-factors — speed, impaired or distracted driving — (from 2000 to 2018) than died in both World Wars, combined
More Americans have died in car crashes since 2000 than in both World Wars
— The Washington Post, July 21, 2019
Technology is double-edged sword when it comes to what is giving rise to US auto insurance-rates
That Texting-While-Driving Ticket Can Also Lead to a Car Insurance Penalty
— The New York Times, June 28, 2019
Safety complacency on USA roadways — report asks: ‘Why do we tolerate this many highway fatalities?’
Can We Save More Lives on America’s Roads?
— Consumer Reports, May 2019