The manufacturer rather than the consumer is responsible for including available and safely designed safety systems to mitigate or avoid foreseeable accidents. When a vehicle manufacturer designs and ...

A vehicle safety system that applies the brakes to avoid a forward collision. Based on driving speed and distance to the vehicle ahead, determined by radar, a collision avoidance system warns the ...

One of two firefighting helicopters that collided in midair over a Southern California brush fire lacked an electronic warning device that alerts pilots to approaching aircraft — a critical deficiency ...

Quentin Brogdon is a personal injury trial lawyer in Dallas, Texas. (Courtesy Photo).. Each year, more than 4,000 people die in large truck crashes. This shocking number of deaths is equivalent to all ...

Training is a critical step when incorporating collision avoidance technology into fleets, according to representatives from the trucking industry. Todd Porter, vice president of safety for Sentinel ...

Several different types of crash avoidance technologies now exist, with amazing capabilities. Some effectively sharpen drivers’ senses, while others actually take control of various vehicle parameters ...

A new collision avoidance system, now available on Freightliner Trucks, gives drivers another tool to improve safety. The OnGuard Collision Safety System uses the vehicle’s foundation brakes to ...

McCarthy said a driving factor for him and Knight was the bottom line: AGCAS saves lives. The 412th Test Wing recently published the technical report on the F-35 Automatic Ground and Collision ...

Crashes may be less frequent as the technology improves in collision avoidance systems, but the impact of partially automated driving remains murky. When advanced front crash prevention systems were ...

“The items on the list as adopted are our best chance to make progress toward safer transportation,” said NTSB Chair Robert Sumwalt during its April 6 virtual board meeting. The National ...

Almost 6,300 pedestrians were killed in 2018 in the United States, the highest number since 1990, federal officials said this month. Collision-avoidance systems on many new vehicles could reduce that ...

Discover how space debris tracking technology, automated satellite collision avoidance systems, and active debris removal missions prevent Kessler syndrome and protect orbiting spacecraft.