Winter weather is expected in Eastern Pennsylvania this week as the state could feel the impact of a larger storm coming to the Northeast. The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for parts of [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s self-driving car project is now its own company called Waymo, led by CEO John Krafcik. The company exists under Google parent company Alphabet and will operate like a “venture-backed startup,” Krafcik [...]
U.S. DOT advances deployment of Connected Vehicle Technology to prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes Proposed rule would mandate vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication on light vehicles, allowing cars to ‘talk’ to each other to avoid crashes. Citing [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducts vehicle tests to determine crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash. It also rates vehicles for front crash prevention, systems that warn the [...]
One of the most dangerous things you can do is drive a car. According to the Association for Safe International Road Travel, globally almost 1.3m people die each year from automobile accidents. In the US, there are [...]
Automatic is a company that makes small plastic dongles that plug into your vehicle’s OBDII port to analyze your driving style and efficiency in the cloud through an app and web interface. We reviewed the [...]
President Obama graciously thanked himself for cheap gasoline at a rally in Philadelphia for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. To hear him tell it, “Let’s face it; Republicans don’t like to hear good news right now.” And while [...]
When cruising the open road, by all means roll down your windows and feel the breeze. But when driving in cities or crawling in heavy highway traffic, keep them shut—and turn off your AC or [...]
Whenever I think about how we can stop teens from texting and driving, I think back to an interview I didwith the Dunn family of Roxbury, New Jersey. Barb Dunn was doing everything right. She talked [...]
Summer gasoline prices across the nation have dropped to their lowest mark since 2004. AAA says the “best news” is that many motorists are once again paying less than $2 a gallon. But don’t expect [...]