Study: SUVs, Pickups Hit Pedestrians More Often Than Cars Do March 18, 2022 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while...
Viewpoint: The Rules That Made U.S. Roads So Deadly March 31, 2021 By Sara Bronin A 25-year-old Yale Law student. A crossing guard. A 78-year-old woman. A high-school teacher. These are but four of the...
Protest Erupts Over Police Car Driving Through Crowd January 26, 2021 TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Protesters set a large fire, damaged buildings and marched with signs late Sunday in response to...
Car Crashes in World’s Oldest Nation Spur Changes by Automakers January 20, 2021 By Shiho Takezawa Automakers in Japan, where almost 30% of the population is 65 or older, are taking the lead on adapting cars...
Crime Drops in Lockdown, Domestic Violence Risk Climbs March 30, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson, Noah Buhayar, Michelle Kaske and Mallika Mitra With more than two-thirds of the U.S. population ordered to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic, it’s tougher for burglars...
Cuomo, Citing Safety Concerns, Vetoes Bill to Allow Electric Bikes, Scooters December 30, 2019 ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s governor has vetoed a bill to allow electric scooters and bikes statewide, his office said...
U.S. Traffic Deaths Drop as Agency Points to Crash-Avoiding Tech October 22, 2019 By Chester Dawson Fatalities on U.S. roads fell for a second consecutive year and are on track to decline again in 2019, according...
Suit Challenges Michigan Regulator Over $250,000 Benefit Cap October 16, 2019 By David Eggert LANSING, Mich. — The administrator of a plan that covers the medical expenses of uninsured non-drivers who are injured in...
Claims Data Points to High-End Electric Car Risks: AXA August 22, 2019 By Michael Shields DUEBENDORF, Switzerland — Electric luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) may be 40% more likely to cause accidents than...
San Diego Duo Takes on Electric Scooter Industry August 1, 2019 SAN DIEGO — Two men in San Diego have impounded thousands of electric scooters they say have been left littered...