News in category: On The Road

A crash in San Diego last month that killed four people including a family may have been caused by a floor mat that covered the accelerator pedal of the speeding car. Now Toyota and the federal government are recalling about 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles with the same potential problem.

A conference on distracted drivers begins in Washington Wednesday, and truckers are sure to square off with safety advocates over computers in the cab.

The National Transportation Safety Board has found failures in train control systems audio frequency track circuits that allowed one train to plow into the back of another in Washington D.C. last June. Other areas around the country use the same technology, but no one has an accounting of how many.

Major automakers expressed support Wednesday for banning drivers from text messaging and using hand-held mobile phones while operating a vehicle.

There is no agreement on what constitutes pilot fatigue on ultra long-range flights that can last up to 20 hours. Some airlines are addressing the issue on their own, while the FAA may impose new rules on the industry.

A passenger who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Florida was rescued early this morning by another cruise ship. Law enforcement now suspects the man may have intentionally jumped overboard.

The resolution of about 300 Toyota rollovers and roof crush cases is uncertain after a federal racketeering lawsuit filed by a company insider, alleges that internal documents, vital to litigation, were routinely destroyed by Toyota.

The NTSB wants more pilot training and sophisticated equipment for medical helicopters to avoid the fatal helicopter crashes that have killed 35 people in the last two years.

Women are involved in about 2,000 alcohol-related deaths each year. The statistics were released in connection with the National Labor Day Enforcement Crackdown, which targets drivers leading up to the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Two air traffic controllers, on duty at the time of a collision of two aircraft over the Hudson River last weekend, have been suspended. One of them was reportedly talking to his girlfriend at the time of the collision, the other was not in the building. Nine people died.

Saturday around noon, a helicopter and small plane collided and crashed into the river near New York City killing nine. There are calls for regulating the "Wild West" airspace over the Hudson which requires pilots to monitor themselves visually.

While the family of Diane Schuler denies she had a drinking problem, federal statistics show that the number of women arrested for DUI is up, although still fewer then men arrested for DUI.

Diane Schuler was twice the legal limit for DUI and had marijuana residue in her bloodstream before she got behind the wheel of a minivan and drove head-on into an SUV killing herself, four children and three men.

Bruce Rossmeyer, one of the nation's largest Harley-Davidson dealers and a supporter of charitable causes that helped children, was killed Thursday in a motorcycle crash in Wyoming.

Legislation introduced Wednesday would withhold federal highway funds from states that do not ban texting while driving, known to be more distracting than driving under the influence. States would lose 25 percent of the federal highway funds, until the funds were depleted, if they failed to enact the ban.