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Think You Know All About Distracted Driving? Think Again, Says AAA – 6/12/13
New research reveals that voice-activated in-car technologies dangerously undermine driver attention
NHTSA Recommends Autonomous Vehicles be Used for Testing Only — For Now – 5/31/13
by Tiffany Kaiser
May 31, 2013
Vehicle Schematics for First Responders via Electronic QR Codes
How a QR Code Could Save Your Life
BY DAMON LAVRINC
Wired.com
05.28.133:44 PM
NTSB: Collision prevention technologies should be standard in all new cars and trucks
NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
By JOAN LOWY | ASSOCIATED PRESS | 11/14/2012
The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce fatal highway accidents by more than half, federal accident investigators said Wednesday.
G.M. Plans a Software Patch to Address Stalling Chevrolet Volts
Chevrolet is asking owners of about 4,000 Volt plug-in hybrids from the 2013 model year to bring their cars to dealers for a software upgrade. Michelle Malcho, a spokeswoman for General Motors, said in a telephone interview the upgrade was necessary to ensure the Volt would avoid losing power when in motion.
Ms. Malcho said the problem involved a delayed-charging function: a feature that allows owners to preselect a convenient time to charge the Volt’s batteries when electrical rates are low, for example.