Stacker-Safety

  As ride-hailing regained momentum after the sharp slowdown in travel during the pandemic, city officials and transportation researchers have been left with a basic question that remains surprisingly hard to answer: Are rideshare-related crashes rising? While no comprehensive national data set currently exists, public reports and academic studies still offer insight into rideshare activity

  When was the last time you thought about the calendar before getting behind the wheel? For most drivers, the decision to drive on any given day comes down to necessity rather than risk assessment. But if traffic fatality data shows that some days may be riskier than others. For example, on the day with

  Each August and September, millions of children in the U.S. return to classrooms, altering traffic patterns nationwide. More school buses run their routes, more families make morning drop-off trips, and more children are on foot or on bikes near busy intersections. Whether that shift translates into more traffic accidents has a more nuanced answer

  On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a school bus driver named Kevin McKay pointed bus number 963 out of Paradise, California. It wasn’t a normal route. This day, he had 22 elementary students and two teachers aboard, and was in a wildfire that would kill 85 people. On any other day, this drive

  Road safety directly impacts insurance premiums, liability exposure, and infrastructure spending across the U.S.—yet fatality rates resisted improvement for years. The automotive industry faced regulatory pressure over annual deaths, spurring advances in vehicle safety features. Road design also shifted, with changes to intersections and street layouts showing measurable impact. But the real question is

LawtonCates reports a gas pump defect in Corvette models causing fires during refueling, prompting a recall affecting over 23,000 vehicles.