National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

AZ Lawmaker Eyes Speed-Limiting Tech for Repeat Offenders Amid Rising Road Fatalities

October 31, 2025 1:19 pmOctober 31, 2025 1:19 pm

An Arizona state representative plans to introduce legislation next year that would allow courts to mandate the installation of speed-limiting devices in vehicles owned by drivers convicted of criminal speeding, offering an alternative to license suspension. State Rep. Quang Nguyen...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill to Require Caltrans Study Top Crash Locations on State Highways

September 25, 2024 3:30 amSeptember 25, 2024 3:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senator Kelly Seyarto’s (R-Murrieta) Senate Bill 936, which would have tasked the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) with publishing a study that identifies the top 15 locations in the state highway system with the highest...

No Technology for Kill Switch…Yet – and Don’t Call it a Kill Switch

December 17, 2023 9:19 amDecember 17, 2023 9:19 am

Buried in the massive 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act were a few lines calling for the installation in all new cars starting in 2026 of a system that would detect whether or not the driver was drunk and, if...

Fatal Tesla Crashes Under Federal Investigation Over ‘Autopiloting’ Feature

January 3, 2020 3:18 pm

Three fatal crashes involving Teslas that possibly used the ‘autopilot’ feature are now under federal investigation. Three deaths in less than a month The crashes in December, which happened in Southern California, Indiana, and Connecticut, caused the deaths of 3...