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AAA Reports Consumer Skepticism Toward Autonomous Driving Features Justified

May 13, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Research indicates driving assistance technology continues to underperform. In AAA’s latest survey of attitudes about automated vehicles, drivers overwhelmingly want automakers to improve the performance of existing driver support features rather than develop self-driving cars. And this desire is backed by another round of AAA testing that reveals inconsistent performance remains a problem with available […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, Pedestrian Safety

U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Jumped in First Half of 2021

April 11, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Dangerous driving, inadequate infrastructure, larger vehicles combine to create deadly results for people on foot. A new analysis from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects that U.S. drivers struck and killed 3,441 pedestrians in the first six months of 2021, up 17% – or 507 additional lives lost – from the same period the […]

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IIHS and HLDI Call on Regulators to Require Pedestrian AEB that Works in the Dark

March 28, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) this month petitioned federal regulators to require manufacturers to equip all new passenger vehicles with automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems capable of detecting and avoiding pedestrians in the dark as well as in daylight. Both a HLDI analysis of insurance claims […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AEB, Highway Loss Data Institute, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, NHTSA, Pedestrian Safety, Regulations

NHTSA to Allow Adaptive Driving Beam Headlights on New Vehicles

February 16, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a final rule allowing automakers to install adaptive driving beam headlights on new vehicles. This satisfies a requirement in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law more than a year and a half ahead of schedule. Adaptive driving beam headlight systems, or ADB, use automatic headlight beam […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: NHTSA, Pedestrian Safety

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Includes New Vehicle Safety Provisions

November 22, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

This week, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. The president’s signature was the culmination of months of negotiation over the bill, which totals $1.2 trillion and includes $550 billion in new money for the nation’s infrastructure. According to an analysis by the Automotive ServicefAssociation (ASA), the legislation will make […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automotive Service Association, legislation, Pedestrian Safety, traffic safety

States Step Up Efforts to Protect Pedestrians Amid Surge in Unsafe Driving During Pandemic

September 29, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

As the number of pedestrians struck and killed by drivers continues a decade-long trend in the wrong direction during the pandemic, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and its State Highway Safety Office (SHSO) members are marking the second annual National Pedestrian Safety Month this October by taking steps to address the behavioral safety issues […]

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Pedestrian Deaths Soar in 2020 Despite Drop in Driving During Pandemic

May 26, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Projected fatality rate for people walking spiked 21% for largest ever year-over-year increase as dangerous driving and traffic violence plagued U.S. roads. New data from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects that 2020 had the largest ever annual increase in the rate at which drivers struck and killed people on foot. What drove this […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Governors Highway Safety Association, Pedestrian Safety, Traffic Fatalities

U.S. Pedestrian Death Rate in 2020 on Pace for Record High Despite Significant Drop in Driving

March 24, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects that the U.S. pedestrian fatality rate rose 20% in the first six months of 2020 as speeding, distracted and impaired driving, and other dangerous driving behaviors increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. GHSA’s annual Spotlight on Highway Safety offers the first comprehensive look at state […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Governors Highway Safety Association, Pedestrian Safety, Traffic Fatalities

National Transportation Safety Board Issues 11 Safety Recommendations to Improve Pedestrian Safety in Auto Accidents

September 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Revising safety standards on headlight systems and evaluating vehicle design changes part of recommendations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Highway Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are the recipients of 11 safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on September 25 in its Pedestrian Safety Special […]

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