Cars with the most reckless drivers are full of surprises
USLegal.com defines reckless driving as “driving with a willful or wanton disregard for safety. It is the operation of an automobile under such circumstances and in such a manner as to show a willful or reckless disregard of consequences.” So this list is a caution about particular drivers more than the cars. For a baseline, according to Insurify data, for any random model, 15 out of 10,000 people who drive that model have picked up one citation for reckless driving…
Driverless cars designed by German university students wins race at Indy Speedway
A German-based workforce gained the race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday – not by out-accelerating their opponents or driving them off the highway, however quite by having better-performing code for his or her autonomous automobile. The Technical University of Munich workforce gained the Indy Autonomous Competition, out of 9 groups from a complete of 21 universities all through the world…
Unprocessed Federal Safety Regulations
According to the Associated Press analysis, this is one of more than 12 vehicle safety regulations that are currently several years behind. The ever-growing number of dockets has been one of the greatest challenges for federal agencies since its inception in 1970. At this time, public pressure led by safety activist Ralph Nader spurred NHTSA’s mission: “Saving lives, preventing injuries and reducing the economic costs of road accidents.”
License plate scanners were supposed to bring peace of mind. Instead they tore the neighborhood apart.
To Erickson, 71, the idea of recording everyone’s movements in hopes of combating some imaginary menace seemed invasive, ineffective and absurd. “Usually, the car break-ins here are from bears, as opposed to people,” he said. “And yet suddenly there was this paranoia that we had to protect the neighborhood at all costs.”
Chicago speed cameras largely impact Black and brown drivers, according to advocacy group
A volunteer-based organization says that excessive red light speed cameras are a cash-grab for the city to close their billion dollar deficit. A Chicago-based advocacy group said that red-light speed cameras are not only a cash-grab by city officials, but are disproportionately affecting Black and brown drivers…