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SUV's and pedestrians: a deadly mix according to a recent study.

Americans love their SUV's., they now make up 60% of all new vehicle sales. But they can come with deadly consequences. A new report says they're behind the rising number of pedestrian deaths. And it’ ... read more

Older pedestrians are dying on our roads

It's not just phones, either; pedestrians now have the responsibility to ensure that they are not Walking While Drunk. According to Jenni Bergal ... I've written before: when you mix bad road design w... read more

Here's where you can't stream video and drive anymore

This potentially deadly technological mix has lawmakers across the U.S. rethinking their laws on smartphones in vehicles. The most recent state to act ... their phone during average trips of 29 minute... read more

Hillsborough County set deadly new record for pedestrian fatalities in 2015

It's a very dangerous mix." The last spike in deaths was the 50 pedestrians who died in 1999 ... is the second most dangerous area to walk in the United States, according to the most recent data from ... read more

Deadly distinction

The mix ... pedestrians shouldn’t trust the law alone to protect them from injury, McKee said. “Even if you’re right, you’re going to lose when it comes to (being hit by) a motor vehicle.” Sobering st... read more

How Nissan Plans To Go All-In On Electric Vehicles

3rd Gear: Florida’s Still Cool With Autonomous Testing After Deadly ... of self-driving vehicles came under new scrutiny on March 18 after an autonomous car being tested in Tempe, Ariz., by Uber Techn... read more

Why are there so many pedestrian deaths in Macon-Bibb County?

In part, this is because of the recent ... study author Brian Tefft wrote. Those figures are borne out in Macon-Bibb, where deadly accidents tend to happen in the immediate or outlying suburbs, on suc... read more

Illinois traffic fatalities on pace for eight-year high in 2016

The deadly ... that the mix of vehicles on the road has contributed. Rising sales of more powerful light passenger trucks and SUVs combined with still-large numbers of older vehicles on the road have ... read more

The machines aren’t rising against us yet

Facebook is being accused of helping sabotage elections, an Uber killed a pedestrian in Arizona ... to the idea that Silicon Valley is subjecting us to deadly technology is “get real.” According to th... read more

Pedestrian killed 1 day after Louisville gets safety grant

Instead, she was hit by a concrete truck operated by Louisville-based Advance Ready Mix. She died at the scene from her injuries. According to police ... it turns out deadly pedestrian accidents are m... read more

Interactive Map: Fatal Traffic Crashes Jumped Significantly In 2016

The number of fatal car crashes in New Jersey rose by more than 10 percent in 2016 over the previous year, with safety officials still trying to determine the cause of the big increase. According to . ... read more

Death on foot: America's love of SUVs is killing pedestrians

Each of the 5,987 pedestrians who died in 2016, according ... not cite SUVs as a factor, even speculating that legal marijuana has played a role. A known factor As early as 2001, researchers at Rowan ... read more