An overwhelming majority of drivers who have experienced technology that allows vehicles to communicate with each other have a highly favorable opinion of its safety benefits, according to data released recently by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a new federal motor vehicle safety standard to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on large commercial trucks, motorcoaches, and other large buses.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has directed its investigators and staff to pursue stiffer penalties for individuals who purposefully point laser devices at aircraft.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley last week signed into law a prohibition on text messaging while driving.

The Obama administration yesterday announced that it will scale back federal rail safety rules spurred by a Southern California train wreck in 2008 that killed 25 people and hurt 135 others.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a short video (3:09) highlighting the issues that will be addressed at its upcoming forum on substance-impaired driving.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is offering parents an online source of information on all things related to kids and safety.

OSHA has ordered Brush Creek-based Mark Alvis Inc., owner Mark Alvis and company dispatcher Jack Taylor to reinstate a former employee and pay him more than $180,000 in back pay, interest, and compensatory and punitive damages.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that a May, 2010 accident involving a ferry striking a terminal occurred when the ferry lost propulsion control of one its two cycloidal propellers as the vessel approached St. George terminal, Staten Island, New York.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the probable cause of a rear-end collision between two BNSF Railway trains was the  
striking train crew’s fatigue.