The National Transportation Safety Board has said more than 150 train crashes since 1969 could have been prevented by Positive Train Control. The agency had recommended the automatic braking system ...

Mazda Smart Brake Support (SBS) is an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that helps avoid or mitigate forward ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

Crumple zones, the collapsible steering column, airbags, three-point seatbelts, the seatbelt tensioner, anti-lock brakes, traction control, emergency automatic braking, and so many other features are ...

You couldn’t accuse Volvo of ignoring those people at risk of encountering the exterior of its vehicles rather than sitting inside them. The Swedish automotive manufacturer has already introduced ...

Back in 2016, a consortium of automakers representing more than 99 percent of the U.S. auto market agreed to make automatic emergency braking a standard feature on virtually all new cars by Sept. 1, ...

The most tragic revelation to come out of the horrific Amtrak derailment on May 12 just north of the Philadelphia station is this: It did not have to happen. If an automatic braking system, mandated ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pedestrian crashes are one of the more urgent transportation problems, since if you're a pedestrian and you're hit by a 3,500-pound vehicle it's not going to go well for you. Increasingly, cars have ...

Tesla has spent years arguing that a camera‑centric approach to driver assistance can match or surpass the performance of rivals that lean on ultrasonic sensors and radar. The company’s latest ...

Doug Speck, Senior Vice President Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Car Group, literally rolled out another Volvo world first in automotive safety at a press conference at the 2013 Geneva ...

The most tragic revelation to come out of Tuesday's horrific Amtrak derailment just north of the Philadelphia station is this: It did not have to happen. If an automatic braking system, mandated by ...