NHTSA Arms Drivers with Easy-to-Find Vehicle Safety Information
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently unveiled a new tool that puts vehicle safety information in the hands of American drivers.
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New Simulator Enables Testing of Dangerous Driving Scenarios with No Harm to Drivers
Volpe recently acquired a new research simulator to understand driver behavior. Owned by the Federal Railroad Administration, the driving simulator helps researchers examine user reactions to a myriad of scenarios, providing important safety data that shapes new technologies and...
Motor Vehicle Crash Avoidance Infographic
What’s one of the most promising ways to prevent crashes and save lives and money on America’s roadways? Crash-avoidance technologies that let cars communicate with drivers, each other, and infrastructure. Learn about the evolution of active safety technologies through this easy-to-read data...
Mapping Speed Bumps from Your Mobile
In Boston, city planning innovators developed a smartphone application called Street Bump that helps the city pinpoint pothole problems and fix them quickly.
Volpe Model Assesses Environmental Costs of Truck Crashes
Volpe economists and environmental scientists assessed time delays and carbon emissions from truck accidents to give federal regulators a clear picture of the environmental costs.
Connected Vehicle Policy Analysis
Connected vehicle policy analysis supports research and analysis into critical policy and institutional issues that may influence or determine the successful deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies.
Has Growth in Automobile Use Ended?
For almost 40 years, auto usage, as measured by vehicle miles traveled (VMT), closely tracked real gross domestic product. VMT dropped during the most recent recession, and it still hasn't recovered.
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Pilot Test to Determine Safety Benefits
According to the official blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, FastLane, connected vehicle technology could prevent or reduce the severity of up to 80 percent of all crashes involving non-impaired drivers.
New App Puts Vehicle Safety in Consumers' Hands
A new iPhone application has made it easier for consumers to make important vehicle safety decisions in real time.The SaferCar app allows users to search vehicle 5-Star Safety Ratings, locate child seat installation help, file a vehicle safety complaint, and receive automatic notices.
Volpe-Developed Algorithms Help in Mining Large Driver Datasets
Researchers who conduct naturalistic driving studies to understand driver performance face the proverbial needle-in-the-haystack problem. Cars outfitted with sensors and video cameras record driver behavior and road and traffic conditions, providing massive amounts of naturalistic data. To shed...