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According to the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety drivers trained by other driving programs are cited 54 % more than our alumni.

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In mid-2013, federal regulations imposed stiff new limits on the hours truck drivers are permitted to spend behind the wheel, rules designed to improve highway safety.

In the U.S., a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into the 2016 death of Tesla driver Joshua Brown concluded that his over-reliance on Autopilot contributed to his car's collision with a tractor - trailer.

In 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a probe into a May 2016 fatal crash involving a driver using the system and cited data from the automaker that crash rates fell by 40 percent after installation of Autopilot's Autosteer function.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety replicated small front - overlap crashes with seven small SUVs that received good ratings after the front driver's side corner of the vehicle hit a barrier at 40 mph.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, some of the smallest cars on the road have the highest driver fatality rates.

Uprooted trees and widespread flooding blocked many highways and streets across the island, creating a maze that forced drivers to go against traffic and past police cars that used loudspeakers to warn people they must respect a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew imposed by the governor to ensure everyone's safety.

In a blog post, Tesla Motors revealed that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into the company's Autopilot system, as a Model S electric vehicle driver was killed in an accident while the feature was turned on.

In its current form, Autopilot is an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that classifies as a Level 2 automated system by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Last year, Uber claimed another victory last August in buying Levandowski's fledging startup Otto — which successfully tested an autonomous semi-tractor filled with beer on a 100 - mile highway run in Colorado last fall — and has been picking up Pittsburgh passengers in safety - driver equipped self - driving Ubers since last summer.

The North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program and Ford Driving Skills for Life are hosting a free advanced driver training course for newly licensed drivers / teenagers March 29 - 30.

The DOT said while there's still plenty of time and studies to be done over the next three to five years, the project is about the immediate safety of the drivers who use the highway over the city's waterfront.

By educating our young drivers about these important highway safety issues and enforcing our traffic laws, we are doing all we can to ensure there are no empty chairs during prom and graduation season this year.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office makes highway safety a top priority all year long, and we believe that reminding drivers about the costs of DWI in a dramatic way is an important part of this effort — particularly as the summer driving season begins and young drivers take to the roads.

The number of teen drivers involved in fatal crashes increased more than 10 percent from the previous year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) 2015 crash data, the latest data available.

(Caveat: That impressive figure, pulled from a study commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, excludes intoxicated drivers and assumes that everyone on the road is driving a talking car, that every intersection and stop sign in America can join in the conversation, and that the auto industry agrees on standardized equipment for all this chatter.)

With data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System covering 1994 to 2011, the researchers analyzed fatal motor vehicle crashes in Colorado and in the 34 states that did not have medical marijuana laws, comparing changes over time in the proportion of drivers who were marijuana - positive and alcohol - impaired.

Between 2007 and 2014, in a roadside survey conducted across 300 locations during weekend nights by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the portion of drivers with THC in their systems went up from 8.6 to 12.6 per cent.

With the nation baking in the August heat and its highways packed with vacationers, the AAA Traffic Safety Foundation has just released its first - ever survey of aggressive behavior behind the wheel: Nearly 80 percent of U.S. drivers say they committed at least one antisocial act on the road in the past year.

«Cell phone bans have reduced cell phone use by drivers, but the perplexing thing is that they haven't reduced crashes,» says Russ Rader, a spokesperson for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington, Virginia, who was not involved in the new study.

The driver of the truck, age 27, was also killed, according to Robert Buckhorn, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (ntsb), which has begun an investigation into the accident in conjunction with the state highway patrol.

Still, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, driver distraction (code for texting while driving) is the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes and 23 % of all car accidents, the latter of which equals roughly 1.5 million crashes every year.

FHWA researchers have pioneered a variety of safety enhancements for America's roads — such as cutting - edge retroreflective laminates which make highway signs brighter and more visible from greater distances — to address the needs of older drivers, which range from declining vision to decreased flexibility and psychomotor performance, and changes in perceptual and cognitive performance.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 16 -19-year-olds have a fatal crash rate that is nearly three times the rate for drivers ages 20 and over.

«There is no place on our highways and roads for bus and truck companies and commercial drivers that ignore safety and put the public at needless risk,» said FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro.

The range - topping Grand Touring trim comes with a host of standard features including a head - up display, LED grille lighting, a six - way power passenger seat, driver's seat memory, paddle shifters, and a full suite of active safety features including adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, high beam assist, and automatic emergency braking that works at highway speeds.

The contest educates kids about highway safety and urges commercial drivers to buckle up on every trip.

Great West Casualty Company International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) International Registration Plan, Inc. (IRP) Krueger Ergonomics Consultants Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) National Association of Public Funded Truck Driving Schools (NAPFTDS) National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) National Private Truck Council (NPTC) National Safety Council (NSC) National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. (NTTC) National Association of Truck Stop Operators (NATSO) Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) Owner - Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) Professional Truck Driver Institute, Inc..

Confirming as much in a 2016 letter to Google, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it agreed with Google that its self - driving car will not have a «driver» in the traditional sense that vehicles have had drivers for the last hundred years or more.

Open to students in kindergarten through sixth grade with relatives or sponsors in the commercial truck and bus industries, the contest educates kids about highway safety and urges commercial drivers to buckle up on every trip.

«Automakers have already implemented new technologies that are saving American drivers money and cut national fuel consumption and carbon emissions today,» said National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Dr. Mark Rosekind.

This year's campaign coincides with new advertisements by DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that highlight unsafe attempts by drivers to fake seat belt use.

Issued by the Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the guidelines would establish specific recommended criteria for electronic devices installed in vehicles at the time they are manufactured that require visual or manual operation by drivers.

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that two - thirds of drivers who live in cities with red - light cameras support the automated systems.

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This Web site provides a compendium of highway - rail grade crossing safety information for drivers, motor carriers, and users of commercial motor vehicles.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland today took a first look at new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) technology being developed to prevent alcohol - impaired drivers from operating their vehicles while under the influence.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the Altima four stars for frontal crash protection for front passenger and driver, side rear passenger, and rollover protection, and three stars for side driver impact protection.

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The driver's side master power window switch is prompting a National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration investigation on 2006 - 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUVs.

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As finalists for Goodyear's North America Highway Hero Award, three professional truck drivers battled flames to pull victims to safety in separate accidents and another driver saved a mother and her baby from oncoming traffic as they lay on a wet and dark stretch of Florida's Turnpike.

Performance requirements: Participating manufacturers will ensure vehicles have both a forward collision warning system that meets a subset of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's current 5 - Star Safety Ratings program requirements on the timing of driver alerts and an automatic braking system that earns at least an advanced rating in the current Insurance Institute for Highway Safety front crash prevention track tests.

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The S70 scored five out of five stars for front impact protection for driver and front passenger in the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety testing, [113] and four out of five stars for driver and rear passenger side impact proteSafety Administration (NHTSA) safety testing, [113] and four out of five stars for driver and rear passenger side impact protesafety testing, [113] and four out of five stars for driver and rear passenger side impact protection.

Cruise Control — Among the many safety features offered with the 2018 Hyundai Creta, this new cruise control system maintains speed of the vehicle on highways without acceleration input, thereby giving driver an easier and stress free driving style especially over longer distances.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test results in 2001 gave the IS 300 the maximum five stars in the Side Driver and Side Rear Passenger categories, and four stars in the Frontal Driver and Frontal Passenger categories.