Fifteen Automakers Reach Automatic Braking Goals this Year December 9, 2022 DETROIT (AP) — Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles...
Many US Drivers Treat Partially Automated Cars as Self-Driving – Study October 12, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON –– Drivers using advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla Autopilot or General Motors GM.N Super Cruise often treat their...
Safety Group Says 2022 Jeep Wrangler Tipped Over in Crash Test June 2, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON –– The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said on Thursday a 2022 Jeep Wrangler 4-door model tipped over...
Consumer Reports, Insurance Safety Institute to Rate Vehicle Driver Automation Systems January 21, 2022 By David Shepardson Two nonprofit bodies, Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), said separately on Thursday they are reviewing...
Adaptive Cruise Control Raises Crash Risks, U.S. Study Finds March 12, 2021 Adaptive cruise control systems on cars, which control braking and speed, raise the risk of traffic crashes because the technology...
Study: Electronics Could Stop 40% of Big Truck Rear Crashes September 4, 2020 By Tom Krisher DETROIT — Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes...
SUVs More Deadly to Pedestrians Than Passenger Cars, Says Insurance Safety Study June 16, 2020 SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new U.S. insurance industry study...
Institute Says Self-Driving Cars Could Prevent Only a Third of U.S. Crashes June 4, 2020 By Tina Bellon Self-driving cars, long touted by developers as a way to eliminate road deaths, could likely only prevent a third of...
64 US Vehicles Get Insurance Group’s Top Safety Rating February 14, 2020 By Tom Krisher DETROIT — Sixty-four cars and SUVs sold in the U.S. earned Top Safety Pick awards from the Insurance Institute for...
Tesla Model 3 Wins Top-Tier Safety Award from Insurance Group September 19, 2019 By Chester Dawson Tesla Inc.’s Model 3 earned a coveted Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, after the...