Takata Adds 3.3M Airbag Inflators to Massive Recall January 8, 2018 Japanese airbag maker Takata is recalling an additional 3.3 million faulty airbag inflators as it expands the largest automotive recall...
Preventing Deadly Car Rammings December 27, 2017 By TOM KRISHER and LISA MARIE PANE A deadly attack this week in Melbourne, Australia, in which a man plowed an SUV into a crowd of Christmas...
Unrepaired Takata Airbags Remain in Two-Thirds of U.S. Vehicles November 20, 2017 By Ryan Beene Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. vehicles containing defective airbag inflators made by Takata Corp. remain unrepaired as automakers have made...
Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobody’s Counting October 19, 2017 By Kyle Stock, Lance Lambert and David Ingold Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability. A “crash” killed her...
Distracted Driving Gets Worse With More Tech-Crammed Cars October 12, 2017 By JOAN LOWY The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off...
Don’t Blame Texting for Rising Traffic Deaths in the U.S. October 9, 2017 By Ryan Beene Traffic fatalities in the U.S. rose for the second-straight year in 2016 despite a dip in crash deaths linked to...
Senators Consider Bill to Exempt Some Safety Standards on Self-Driving Cars October 5, 2017 By JOAN LOWY A bill to clear away obstacles to a new era of self-driving cars is facing opposition from safety advocates who...
Polaris 3-Wheeled Slingshot Probed After Deadly Driver Ejection September 26, 2017 By Ryan Beene U.S. auto-safety investigators are probing seatbelts installed in Polaris Slingshot three-wheeled vehicles after a driver was thrown and killed in...
Feds Plan to Update Self-Driving Car Guidelines September 14, 2017 By DEE-ANN DURBIN The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled updated safety guidelines for self-driving cars in an attempt to clear barriers for automakers...
Majority of Drivers Say Distracted Driving Should Be Illegal, Yet Still Do it September 12, 2017 A new Progressive Insurance study shows about one third of drivers feel confident in their own ability to text and...