NHTSA Could Require Cars To Stop Before Backing Over A Kid. It’s Handing Out Gold Stars Instead.
Every new car sold in the United States will soon be legally required to stop...
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Hands-Free Laws Were Never About Safety. New Crash Data Proves They Were About Loopholes
That’s the headline. It’s not the real story. Every state in the country regulates distracted...
Mazda’s New Safety Feature Sounds Great Until You Realize Mazda Built None Of It
Mazda wants credit today for making the highway shoulder a safer place. Read past the...
Nissan Recalled 149 Altimas Over Airbags Bolted On With Truck Hardware
Somewhere on Nissan’s assembly line in Canton, Mississippi, a parts runner grabbed the wrong bin....
Ford’s New Safety Chief Used to Regulate Ford. That’s Exactly the Point.
Ford is simultaneously the most recalled automaker in America and, per J.D. Power, one of its best-built. Hiring a 13-year…
A Cadillac’s Brake Complaint Just Became a 1.16-Million-Vehicle Investigation. Two of the Cars Involved Wear Honda Badges.
It started with one Cadillac. Now it’s 1.16 million vehicles wearing four different nameplates, including...
Honda’s Entire Safety Suite Runs Through One Camera. Guess What Keeps Failing.
Beverly Mason didn’t get a recall notice. She got a $2,933 repair bill. That gap...
This Stolen Infiniti Had A VIN That Checked Out. That Was The Problem
CHP recovered a stolen Infiniti wearing a switched VIN. The case exposes why a clean history report can still lead…
Houston Won ‘Worst Road Rage City in America.’ Here’s What Your Insurance Won’t Cover.
Houston didn’t win an award this week. It topped a new ranking of the worst...
Wall Street Cheered a Bronco Pickup That Doesn’t Exist. It Ignored 565,691 Real Ones With a Fire Risk.
On Wednesday, Ford stock jumped 4% on a rumor about a truck that does not...
Tesla’s Recalling Nearly 5 Million Cars In China Over Door Handles It Still Won’t Redesign
Tesla just told Chinese regulators it will fix nearly five million cars without a single...
Colorado Finally Figured Out How Long Teen Driver’s Ed Should Take. Every Other State Just Shrugged.
Colorado just told teenagers that getting a driver’s permit will soon require sitting through 30...
Blame Yourself: America Lets the Fastest Drivers Write the Speed Limits
AAA says speeding is the new normal. The deeper story is that America sets speed limits from how fast drivers…
Florida’s Flashy New ‘Super Speeder’ Law Grabbed the Headlines — a Forgotten 1971 Statute Grabbed the License
Quashay Frazier Jr. lost a drag race on the Buckman Bridge in Jacksonville on a...
A Robot Didn’t Kill This Stellantis Mechanic. A Bypass Key Did, and OSHA Predicted It Decades Ago.
Nobody has ever been crushed by an industrial robot that was doing exactly what its...