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Side airbags that protect people's heads are reducing driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by an estimated 37 percent.

The force of the deploying airbag (16 percent) and ejection from the vehicle (13 percent) also accounted for significant portions of the driver deaths in these frontal crashes.

In the first study of the real - world effectiveness of head - protecting side airbags, Institute researchers have found they cut driver deaths in side crashes by about 45 percent.

The effect of the changing vehicle mix and changing risks for occupants in struck vehicles is apparent in the fact that 70 percent of driver deaths in passenger vehicles struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the striking vehicle was another car.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Side airbags that protect people's heads are reducing driver deaths in cars struck on the near (driver) side by an estimated 37 percent.

These are reducing driver deaths in cars struck on the near (driver) side by an estimated 37 percent.

For vehicles 1 - 3 years old during 2006, minicars experienced 106 driver deaths per million registered vehicles compared with 69 driver deaths in large cars.

By 2000 - 01 these percentages had almost reversed — 57 percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by another passenger vehicle involved striking SUVs or pickups, while 43 percent involved striking cars (see Attachment 2, Table 2).

Seventy - one percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the other vehicle was a car.

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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.

The far - reaching consequences of the recent drop in oil prices have been a testimony to just how central crude is in American life: With cheap gasoline bringing more drivers onto the road, traffic deaths were up nearly 10 percent in the first nine months of 2015.

Removing the chance for user / driver error will result in far fewer injuries and deaths from motor vehicles.

There was the death of a Tesla driver in May who had been using the autopilot mode at the time, prompting questions about the safety of the software, the explosion of a SpaceX rocket in September that also destroyed a satellite from the Mark Zuckerberg - led nonprofit Internet.org, and SolarCity's continuous habit of bleeding money.

In the case of Waymo, Felten told Fortune senior writer Michal Lev - Ram that her team decided one way to reduce the massive number of global driving deaths would be to remove drivers from the equation by developing autonomous driving technology.

In a follow - up study, researchers noted uniform sizes and observed that drivers were more prone to sudden death by heart attack than conductors — regardless of physique.

According to the World Health Organization, China had more than 260,000 traffic deaths in 2013, making it one of the world's most dangerous countries for drivers.

«I think the self - driving car has the opportunity to not only improve productivity for the people in the car, which will be a huge economic boost for those people; Not only has the opportunity to save lives — over a million people die worldwide in road deaths today caused by human drivers, and I think we can take that very close to zero, which is very good for both human welfare and for economic productivity — it's a very serious dent in productivity when people get killed; And then all the ancillary industries that end up getting built out.»

Four tragic deaths, in four separate instances, using two different flavors of self - driving tech (driver assist & fully automated), but one common thread which we must, as a society and industry, address candidly: user error and — most confoundingly — the abuse or misuse of this technology.

The driver's death adds to the other fatality involving the vehicle last May in the United States.

The height of the trailer and its position in the road led to the rare circumstance of such an impact on the electric vehicle that led to the driver's death.

Hundreds marched across the country in response to the 2015 verdict that found Ontario truck driver Bradley Barton not guilty of first degree murder in the death of Cindy Gladue.

6 Nov: Two killed in Jerusalem van attack 8 Nov: Police shoot an Israeli Arab after attempted knife attack 10 Nov: Two Israelis stabbed to death 11 Nov: Palestinian being shot dead following protests 17 Nov: Palestinian bus driver found hanged in Jerusalem

He says that the Christian view of bodily death is that it is entirely due to the disobedience of Adam and Eve, whereas we now know that death is a key driver of environmental adaptation in evolving life.

Bus driver Kailash Chander, 79, appeared in court last week charged with causing the deaths of Catholic schoolboy Rowan Fitzgerald and 76 - year - old Dora Hancox by dangerous driving.

it was the pot that did it» As for the person who was in the accident you can't possibly compare the amount of death, either by a drunk driver or just alcohol poisoning to ANYTHING caused by pot smoking alone.

An inquest into the violent death of a Bundaberg taxi driver resumes after 30 years, hearing of other murders, bondage and satanic practices in the regional Queensland city.

Assorted topics were discussed during the nearly 90 - minute taping, including the resentment both drivers had for one another to the death threats Busch incurred in the aftermath of crashing Earnhardt at Richmond.

· Legally intoxicated male drivers are 707 times more likely to be involved in a road death than a sober driver.

Oyeyemi said the FRSC had declared war on reckless drivers because such drivers were responsible for about 40 per cent of deaths of officials of the FRSC in active duty.

England and Wales left with the highest drink - drive limit in Europe after Malta announces plans to lower legal blood alcohol content for drivers Road safety groups and emergency services call for England and Wales to follow suit No progress on UK drink driving deaths since 2010 Public opinion polls show 77 % in favour of a lower legal limit

UTICA, N.Y. (AP)-- The family of a race car driver fatally injured when struck by Tony Stewart's sprint car has apparently reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the former NASCAR star.

On Monday at 9 a.m. at City Hall, «NYC taxi drivers and taxi - base owners will hold vigil at City Hall to raise awareness about TLC's excessive fines and abusive enforcement, and in memory of recent taxi driver deaths.»

Residents have demanded more police enforcement and attention paid to drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians after last year's string of deaths in the West 90s.

«There is really an embarrassing and disgraceful history of non-compliance with federal regulation,» New York Congressman Seam Patrick Maloney, told CNN, who lost a friend in the Metro North derailment at Spuyten Duyvil in 2013, when the driver took a corner at high speed, leading to four deaths and 61 injuries.

During his Q - and - A with reporters in NYC earlier today, Bloomberg singled out several members of the GOP conference — including his onetime ally Simcha Felder, a former Democratic NYC councilman from Brooklyn who is caucusing with the Republicans — for killing the measure, and said the next death of a child struck by a speeding driver will be on their heads.

Drivers whose carelessness results in death will not receive jail sentences under new guidelines published today.

Drivers who cause deaths could face much tougher sentences under proposals outlined in a consultation paper launched by the Home Office today.

DUNKIRK - The Post-Journal is reporting that the ambulance driver who was operating an ambulance when it veered off the road and crashed — resulting in the death of a patient — has not received any criminal charges related to the incident, though the... [Read more...]

Danladi Baba, a driver with Kogi Government House, Lokoja whose reckless driving caused the death of Prof. Festus Iyayi in 2013, has been sentenced...

The «Hayley and Diego Law» increases penalties for drivers whose failure to use caution results in injury or death.

The new law will punish drivers whose failure to exercise caution behind the wheel results in injury or death to pedestrians or bicyclists.

The bill would allow for charges to be imposed on a driver involved in an accident where a pedestrian, cyclist or other road user suffers injury or death as a result of unsafe driving.

According to be court martial, Adamu, a driver, was said to have shot one Umar Alka to death, following a disagreement at the Monday market in Maiduguri in an incident that occurred on December 23, 2015.

NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez is proposing a fund that would pay up to $ 1,000 to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a driver who leaves the scene of a crash that resulted in serious injury or death.

The driver who stands accused of manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death

The driver responsible for Ross» death was 25 - year - old Waurd Demolaire, of Brooklyn, who was convicted of conspiracy and manslaughter in Queens Supreme Court Feb. 16, 2006.

A 25 - year - old tipper truck driver, Iddrisu Yakubu has been stabbed to death at Nayilifong in the Gushiegu Township of the Northern Region, Friday February 24, 2017.

The proposed fund, suggested by city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, would pay the money to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a driver who leaves the scene of a crash that resulted in serious injury or death.

DAILY POST recalled that Oluwajobi who was until his death a newscaster and On Air Personality (OAP) with Ibadan based radio station owned by a gospel singer, Mr. Yinka Ayefele, Fresh FM, died after he was knocked down by a driver on his way to meet some friends at Ring Road area in Ibadan, the state capital.

According to the AAA of Western and Central New York, distracted driving occurs in 6 out of 10 deadly crashes involving teen drivers and 16 percent of all fatal crashes, leading to approximately 5,000 deaths every year.