Auto Defects

Fred Perkins’ 2024 New Years Resolutions

Engineering Resolutions 2024 NHTSA Vehicle adaptive speed control with speed limit exceedance warnings and speed limiters Automatic…

FEMA plans new fire tracking system armed with machine learning and biometrics

Another challenge is that only fire departments can access the NFIRS, blocking out other safety researchers from…

US ends probe into Ford SUV exhaust issues without a recall

The nonprofit Center for Auto Safety in Washington in 2018 had called on Ford to recall all…

Consumer, Safety Groups Blast State Attorney Generals’ Settlement with CarMax Over Deceptive Sales of Hazardous Vehicles with Unrepaired Safety Recalls

Center for Auto Safety Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS) The Safety Institute   Monday, December…

11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles

By Tom KrisherOctober 18, 2022 Eleven people were killed in U.S. crashes involving vehicles that were using…

Driverless taxis take to the streets of San Francisco

“The public as a whole has not been provided with valid documentation that these vehicles are going…

US traffic deaths fall slightly in Q2 but remain high

By Tom Krisher and Hope Yen, Associated PressSeptember 19, 2022 The number of people killed on U.S….

The sobering reality: We must get off this road of destruction

By Beverly BeckhamAugust 17, 2022 It’s easy to dismiss statistics. Statistics are numbers. Not people. But the…

The car crash crisis

By Catherine GarciaAugust 11, 2022 In 2021, an estimated 42,915 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic…

WESH 2 Investigates: Sunroofs suddenly exploding, terrifying drivers

“It’s only a matter of time before someone does die,” Michael Brooks of the Center For Auto…