In July 2025, this weekly traffic safety column alerted readers to an increasing safety problem caused by forward blind zones. An update from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) provides ...
Given that modern automobiles are equipped with a slew of advanced safety features, one might reasonably assume that cars, trucks, and SUVs are safer to drive than at any other point in history. There ...
More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities – including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, Alabama – are restricting left turns. Vikash Gayah, ...
Vikash V. Gayah's research has been funded by various State Departments of Transportation (including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Washington State, Montana, South Dakota and North Carolina), US Department ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two fatal crashes within a week in August that involved motorcycles were factors in officials temporarily prohibiting left turns and U-turns at a north side ...
Roundabouts help eliminate the types of crashes more likely to cause serious injuries or death. For more than a few drivers, encountering a roundabout might lead to a quickening pulse, profuse ...
Q: When there is a street with a turn lane in the center, I see many drivers come from a side street and pull into the center turn lane to then merge into the right lane when there is an opening. My ...