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Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds say

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Congress wants AM radio in all new cars – trade groups say that’s a mistake

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Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial vehicles

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Video shows ‘ghost co-driver’ added to trucker’s ELD to skirt HOS rules

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American drivers have a blinding headlight problem

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Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%

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The end of the manual transmission is near?

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An autonomous car in SF blocked a fire truck responding to an emergency

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Pet Airways

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U.S. eliminates human controls requirement for fully automated vehicles

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Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station

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Homebuilt pickups: How underage teens skirt the law to drive in Sweden (2016)

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High schoolers are training to drive 18-wheelers amid shortage of truck drivers

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Tesla AutoPilot – I give up, it's downright lethal

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The self-driving car is a red herring

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How to Drive on Sand Without Getting Stuck (2017)

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As of April 7, 2020, CA DMV has issued two Driverless Vehicle Testing Permits

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Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying

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Drive drunk twice in Quebec, get ignition breathalyzer for life

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A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Driving Car Future

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Is there any data that says secondhand car seats aren’t safe?

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An Unnamed Source Who Shouldn’t Be Anonymous

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New Cars’ Pedestrian-Safety Features Fail in Deadliest Situations

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When I Took My Zipcar Into the Wilderness

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Self-Driving Cars Have a Problem: Safer Human-Driven Ones

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Volvo is introducing a 112mph speed limiter to all its new cars

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How to Eliminate the Dreaded “Blind Spot”

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In 1991, Congress authorized $650M to make driverless cars a reality (2013)

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The Future of Aging Just Might Be in Margaritaville

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How America lost its love for the stick shift

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Germany adopts first ethics standards for autonomous driving systems

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IIHS: Model S has higher collision claim frequencies than comparable luxury cars

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Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation system fails them

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Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Kids' Independence

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Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listening to public radio

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India will ban driverless cars in order to protect jobs

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Why Some Cars Have Gas Tank Fillers on the Left or the Right

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Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

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Forget self-driving car anxiety: In the early days human drivers were the fear

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Helsinki Tries Self-Driving Buses in Real Traffic

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Driverless buses hit the streets of Sion

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Driverless lorries to be trialled in UK

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A small 2009 car demolishes a 1959 Chevy in a crash test [video]

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Volkswagen and the Blame the Engineer Game

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A Simple Fix for Drunken Driving: Modest, Immediate Penalties

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Remembering When Driverless Elevators Drew Skepticism

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Autonomous truck cleared to drive on US roads for the first time

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I’m an Anti-Braker

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UK to allow driverless cars on public roads in January

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Volvo’s first self-driving cars now being tested live on public roads in Sweden

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The latest chapter for the self-driving car: mastering city street driving

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Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars

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That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his story.

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Top Gear caught faking another electric car "failure"

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Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom

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Phones track everything but their role in car wrecks

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The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing

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