NHTSA escalates Tesla Autopilot probe with new demand for data
Tesla is facing a July 1 deadline to furnish US regulators with information about its biggest-ever recall because drivers using Autopilot keep crashing while using the system.
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US agency raises safety concerns over Ford SUV fuel leak recall
WASHINGTON — A U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday it has «significant safety concerns» over Ford Motor's recall of more than 42,000 SUVs over concerns fuel leaks could lead to an engine fire.
'Move Over' laws save lives. So why don't drivers move over?
A 2,700-mile round trip to California recently was a chance to get reacquainted with the rogues of the open road:
These states have the highest rates of road rage gun violence
Road rage on its own is bad enough, but things move to a whole new level of stress and danger when firearms are involved. While drivers in some states see very little traffic-related gun violence, a handful show alarming numbers of incidents that could make driving an actual life-or-death situation for some.
Non-white pedestrians more often end up in the ER for vehicle-related injuries, report shows
Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people, according to a new federal report published Thursday.
NHTSA ends Tesla rear-view camera investigation after 2021 recall
WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it has closed a long-running investigation into the loss of rear-view camera images in nearly 160,000 of Tesla's Model X and Model S vehicles.
South Carolina's 'Carolina Squat' ban gets enforced May 10
Law enforcement officials in South Carolina will begin issuing tickets to vehicles with the so-called «Carolina Squat» modification on May 10. While the practice of lifting the front end of a vehicle has been illegal for months, the state has given out warnings since announcing the ban.
These 10 car brands get the most speeding tickets
A couple of years back, Insurify, the big insurance clearinghouse, conducted a study listing the car models that get the most speeding tickets. Of course, to paraphrase the gun industry, car models don't get speeding tickets, people get speeding tickets, now don't they? Or rather, people who are attracted to those particular car models get speeding tickets, so maybe the models do have something to do with it after all. Drivers, the study said, are «living up to their vehicles' reputations.»