AAA: ADAS Shows Potential to Significantly Reduce Crashes, Injuries and Deaths
Report finds that collision avoidance technology could prevent approximately 40 percent of all passenger-vehicle crashes, 37 percent of injuries that occur in crashes involving passenger vehicles and 29 percent of all deaths in crashes that involve passenger vehicles.
AAA Researches Vehicle Owners’ Experiences, Understanding of ADAS
The purpose of the study was to examine vehicle owners’ experiences with, opinions about and understanding of specific ADAS technologies by surveying the registered owners of selected model year 2016 and 2017 vehicles.
Recordbreaking Number of People Will Hit the Road This Fourth of July, Says AAA
AAA announced that a record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Independence Day holiday, an increase of more than 5 percent compared with last year.
AAA: Worn Tires Put Drivers At Risk
New research from AAA reveals that driving on relatively worn tires at highway speeds in wet conditions can increase average stopping distances by 43 percent or an additional 87 feet.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
The new website, AAAFoundation.org, is focused on its four core traffic safety research priorities: emerging technologies, vulnerable road users, driver behavior and performance, and roadway systems and drivers.
AAA Survey on Traffic Safety Reveals Driving Behaviors that Keep Auto Body Shops in Business
An annual survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety concludes that while most drivers want a greater level of security behind the wheel, their behaviors often contradict their attitudes about safety.
AAA, Torc Robotics to Develop Safety Criteria for Self-Driving Vehicles
Torc Robotics and AAA Northern California Nevada & Utah recently announced a partnership to develop safety criteria for self-driving cars through a testing program on public streets.
AAA, Keolis Launch Nation’s First Public Self-Driving Shuttle in Downtown Las Vegas
AAA, in partnership with Keolis, just brought the future of transportation to America, and now the century-old auto club wants to hear from you.
Vehicle Infotainment Systems Adding to Distracted-Driving Problem, AAA Says
New vehicle infotainment systems take drivers’ eyes and attention off the road and their hands off the wheel for potentially dangerous periods of time, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
New AAA Survey Indicates Americans Feel Unsafe Sharing the Road with Fully Self-Driving Cars
In 2016, a AAA survey found that three-quarters of Americans reported feeling afraid to ride in a self-driving car, and one year later, a new AAA survey found that fear is unchanged.
