The not-so-shocking revelation comes as cities and states across the country grapple with trying to enact laws that ban texting behind the wheel. The study, called "Text Messaging During Simulated ...

WASHINGTON — A naturalistic truck driver study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute served to underscore what would seem to be a common-sense safety rule: Drivers should keep their hands on ...

A one-year on-road vehicle study recently completed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) that tracked 100 vehicles in the Northern Virginia/Metropolitan Washington D.C. area found that ...

Almost 9 out of every 10 commuters routinely conduct other activities while driving. And some of those activities pose an even greater threat than texting while driving. Eighteen percent of their ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — This week is Drowsy Driving Prevention Week and AAA is offering tips on how to avoid falling asleep at the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported an ...

A new study found that teens who use their phones while driving are more likely to drive dangerously, like braking hard or speeding up quickly. This is risky and makes accidents more likely.

A new study from AAA confirms something that most of us already know: when drivers know their behavior is being monitored, they tend to drive more safely. But here's the twist—no one in this study was ...

A new study about teenage driving confirmed that tougher licensing laws for 16-year-olds reduced deadly accidents among the age group but increased them among 18-year-olds. The nationwide study, ...

WASHINGTON — Drivers using advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla Autopilot or General Motors Super Cruise often treat their vehicles as fully self-driving despite warnings, a new study has ...

A study by engineers at the University of Central Florida found that self-driving cars are generally safer than human-driven ones, with notable exceptions. According to Tech Xplore, Mohamed Abdel-Aty ...