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Although previously approved for taxi use, automakers refuse to certify crashworthiness of vehicles with added partitions.

Tags: Hybrid, Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, MTBOT, partitions in taxis, taxi

Along with the rollover resistance rating, the MAZDA6 received 5-stars in every test.

Tags: 2009 Accord, 2009 Altima, 2009 Camry, 2009 Malibu, crash test rating, Mazda6, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The 2009 Honda Civic, Volkswagen Jetta and Lincoln MKS were among the top safety picks.

Tags: Honda Civic, Lincoln MKS, Top Safety Pick, Volkswagen Jetta

ARLINGTON, VA --- In a series of crash tests, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently assessed how well the bumpers of 20 small car models would protect the vehicles from damage in low-speed collisions.

Tags: Ford Focus, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash tests

ARLINGTON, VA --- America's Road Team Captains, elite professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles, are offering advice on how to safely navigate through highway traffic and congestion over Labor Day weekend.

Tags: America's Road Team Captains, highway safety tips

SACRAMENTO, CA --- California's roadways saw a significant drop in the number of people killed in traffic crashes in 2007, according to figures released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Tags: highway fatalities 2007, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Safety technologies such as brake stroke monitoring systems credited for helping decrease fatalities. Overall vehicle fatalities are also down.

Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , NHTSA, Safety technologies , traffic fatalities , Truck Fatalities, truck safety

HERNDON, VA --- The National Private Truck Council National Safety Conference is set for Sept. 11-12 in Herndon, VA.

Tags: truck safety conference

Report finds that it will take 62 years for today’s deficient bridges to be brought up to date.

Tags: Massachusetts roads, North Dakota roads , Road Condition Study

Smaller cars use less fuel and help the environment, but can be less safe in crashes than bigger vehicles. Government agencies and auto manufacturers are working to make small cars safer.

Tags: Small Car Safety, small car shift, smaller cars

SafetyFirst recently introduced Safety Center, powered by GreenRoad.

Tags: GreenRoad, GreenRoad Safety Center , SafetyFirst

WASHINGTON - In one of the company's largest export agreements, Ford will sell more than 30,000 North American-built vehicles in China, starting in 2009.

Tags: China, export, Ford

BELLEVUE, WA – As hands-free legislation spreads across the nation, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group is working to educate the public on how Bluetooth technology can be used in the car for hands-free compliance.

Tags: BlueTooth Special Interest Group, cell phone legislation, hands-free

Two new laws dealing with the use of wireless telephones while driving go into effect July 1, 2008. Here is a list of Frequently Asked Questions concerning these new laws.

Tags: California cell phone law, California new cell phone law, cell phone law, FAQ Cell Phone Law

COLUMBIA, S.C. --- The notion that talking on a cell phone while driving a car isn't safe seems obvious, yet what happens in the brain while it juggles the two tasks is not.

Tags: cell phones, Dr. Amit Almor, driver distractions, University of South Carolina

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. --- A survey of licensed drivers in California and Washington shows overwhelming support for the coming hands-free law which takes effect July 1, but that it will have little effect on the cell phone usage of drivers.

Tags: bluetooth technology, cell phone regulations, hands-free laws

LIVONIA, MI – Thirty of the 2008-MY vehicles that have earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) five-star rating in side-impact crash tests feature TRW's side or curtain airbags.

Tags: airbags, NHTSA, TRW

Mission Linen has recently contracted with National Driver Accountability Program (NDAP) to monitor employees’ driving habits.

Tags: driver safety, Mission Linen Supply , National Driver Accountability Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 605,000 2005 and 2006 F-150 pickups and Lincoln Mark LT trucks because of a brake hose problem that could cause the vehicles to lose braking power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.

Tags: Ford F-150 recall, Lincoln Mark LT truck recall, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

ARLINGTON, VA --- In recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests, the 2008 Smart Fortwo, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, earned the top rating of "good" for front and side crash protection.

Tags: 2008 Smart Fortwo, crash tests, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

DEARBORN, MI – Ford Motor Company has improved its Service Part Limited Warranty coverage on both new and remanufactured gas engine and transmission assemblies, increasing the terms from three years/75,000 miles to three years/100,000 miles, effective Apr. 1.

Tags: Ford, gas engines, transmissions, warranty

Blind Spot Mirror will become standard equipment, while radar-based blind spot detection system will be optional. Both arrive in 2009.

Tags: Blind Spot Mirror , Blind Spot Monitoring, Cross Traffic Alert , Ford

UNITED KINGDOM – New research by UK road safety charity Brake suggests that at-work drivers are significantly more likely to tailgate than other drivers.

Tags: Drivers, rear-end collisions, safety tips, tailgating

Drivers' chatting, even on hands-free devices, is risky, experts say.

Tags: Cellphone Law , cognitive capture, driver safety, hands-free devices

AKRON, OHIO – The Easy-Lift Bead-Seating Stand from Ken-Tool is ergonomically designed to increase productivity and reduce back strain and injuries for drivers.