While only 5% of drivers on the road are the in the 15-20 year age range, this group accounts for up to 12% of vehicular crashes and over 8% of fatal accidents annually. New drivers, especially those ...

Autonomous vehicles are already a reality on some of our streets and could become a major part of future transportation systems. Safety, of course, is the main concern, as with all vehicles. To help ...

Researchers and clinicians from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have published findings from the first two years of implementation of a virtual driving assessment (VDA) in sites throughout ...

Integrating driving support into a primary care setting can address a leading cause of family stress as well as teen adolescent morbidity and mortality. Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of ...

What is it that makes human drivers better than autonomous systems? Waymo is trying to figure that out with a new cognitive system called ReD (Reference Driver) that models the way people stay safe on ...

The new Reference Driver model works as a behavioral crash test dummy to determine how to better respond to surprises on the road. The new Reference Driver model works as a behavioral crash test dummy ...