Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB-961 on Saturday. If the bill had been signed into law, it would have required every vehicle built, sold, or leased in the state to be equipped with a passive intelligent speed assistance system by the 2030 model year. The bill defined such systems as … Read more
Photo: Ram Cars are safer than they have ever been — at least for the people inside of them. As long as you’re wearing your seatbelt, you should be just fine in a crash. Unfortunately for the people outside the cars, though, that’s not the case. By design, big, heavy trucks and SUVs with tall, … Read more
Screenshot: 12 News Typically, you don’t think about the airbags in your car unless the light comes on, you’re in a wreck or you get a letter in the mail that says your airbags have been recalled. If you do happen to get into a wreck, though, you better hope your airbags work because they’re … Read more
While car design has changed radically over the decades, school buses look almost the same as they did nearly 100 years ago. Sure, they now carry more safety tech, but the big yellow bus with the bulbous front end has endured since 1939. It turns out, it’s not lack of imagination or nostalgia that have … Read more
Photo: Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News (Getty Images) Since 2020, the number of road deaths in the United States has been rising at a truly staggering rate. There isn’t a singular cause behind this drastic shift. Instances of drunk driving and speeding are both up. Seatbelt use is down. But why? The New York … Read more
