2013

Toyota is the latest automobile manufacturer to announce the development and implementation of vehicle technology capable of taking actions to avoid an accident when a driver fails to or is unable to do the same. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the automaker announced that in two years they will unroll vehicles that are… read more

We already have vehicle systems that can warn when a forward-facing collision is imminent, a driver is becoming fatigued, and when a car is weaving outside the lanes, so why not a car that can tell when a driver is distracted?  In Australia, researchers with the Royal Automobile Club have developed a device that can… read more

A new analysis has come out that finds the most successful automobile ads on television are those that place an emphasis on safety, particularly those that show how kids can be protected with automobile safety features.  Phoenix Marketing International came out with the findings, which were the result of something called the Automotive Advertising Tracking… read more

A couple days ago, a Tesla Model S was involved in an accident in Kent, Washington, when it struck debris along a highway.  When that happened, the vehicle reportedly caught fire, prompting renewed worries about the tendency among electric vehicles to be set ablaze when they get into wrecks. The automaker acknowledged that the reason… read more

Just last week, we wrote about how numerous automobiles are being rolled out with safety features that would have seemed like science fiction a couple decades ago.  More than just protecting occupants during a crash, many systems are now able to warn the driver when such a collision is imminent or even take over if… read more

Recently, we brought you word of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s introduction of a new test designed to determine how well a vehicle would fare in a front overlap crash (where the corner of an automobile is the leading contact point with another vehicle or object).  But that’s not the only change that the… read more

We have an update for you in regards to a story we posted yesterday about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s decision to recommend the adoption of rearview cameras in all new vehicles.  This decision stopped short of actually coming out with a rule mandating that same safety technology.  The story hinted that a lawsuit… read more

Safety advocates are none too happy with a decision yesterday from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recommend rear-view cameras as a safety feature in all new vehicles.  To the uninitiated, this would seem like a move in the right direction in terms of safety.  However, advocates have been urging the NHTSA to take… read more

Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Times came out with a new report that focuses on the many active safety features available on modern vehicles.  While we’re still not in a world where the roads are filled with automobiles that can take over driving for us completely, it’s becoming clear that such an age is… read more

When it comes to the future of automobile technology, autonomous seems to be the name of the game.  Google has been promoting perhaps the most promising technology, a type of vehicle that takes over every driving function from an operator.  Other automakers, though, are focused on taking incremental steps toward such a system. No matter… read more

Parents who attempt to prevent their teenagers from using their cellphones at the wheel have a tall task ahead of them, but success is not impossible to achieve, especially with current technologies.  One of those technologies, DriveID, has been tested out by Consumer Reports, which notes how it and systems like it can be used… read more

It’s somewhat of a Catch-22:  teenagers, when they reach driving age, are typically provided with a vehicle from a third party that’s used, or else they receive an older vehicle as a hand-me-down from another family member.  The problem is that teens are those that could potentially benefit the most from the safety features that… read more