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Voice-operated dashboard technology still risky
Dashboard technology that lets drivers text and email with voice commands — marketed as a safer alternative — actually is more distracting than simply ...
Report: Problem found in 787 jet, no safety risk
A sensor problem was found Sunday in one of the exchanged batteries for a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 jet but did not pose a safety risk, a Japanese ...
Trash hauler's record probed in Md. derailment
A trash hauler whose truck was involved in the explosive derailment of a CSX freight train has a poor safety record, a federal safety board said ...
Study: Helmet law weakened, motorcycle injuries up
The average medical claim from a motorcycle crash rose by more than one-fifth last year in Michigan after the state stopped requiring all riders to ...
Recent wrecks belie improving rail safety record
It's easy to think the railroads are unsafe when there are pictures of burning, derailed cars on the nightly news. But the nation's railroads are ...
Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been ...
Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press ...
Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered
Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky ...
Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads
The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind ...
American Airlines settles safety claims for $24.9M
American Airlines has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle $162 million in potential fines that were proposed by U.S. safety regulators.
Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow ...
FAA safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted
The government's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target the ...
Boeing says new battery system ensures 787 safety
Boeing Co.'s chief engineer for the 787 Dreamliner said Saturday that changes to the lithium-ion battery system are fully sufficient to ensure the ...
Japan allows airlines set to resume 787 flights
Japan's transport minister said Friday the government will allow Japanese airlines to resume flying grounded Boeing 787s once they complete ...
US seeks voluntary limits on car touch screens
The government is asking automakers to put stronger limits on drivers' interaction with in-car touch screens in an effort to curb distracted driving.
FAA followed Boeing's lead on 787 battery testing
Federal regulators let Boeing help write the safety conditions for the problematic battery system in its beleaguered 787 "Dreamliner," prescribe how ...
FAA approves resumption of Boeing 787 flights
Boeing's beleaguered 787 could be flying again within a week after federal officials approved a fix for its batteries, even though the root cause of ...
TSA official says no employee furloughs expected
A senior Transportation Security Administration official says so far, so good for airport travelers wary of the effects of automatic spending cuts ...
FAA orders no-fly zone over Boston explosion site
The Federal Aviation Administration created a no-fly zone over the site of two explosions at the annual Boston marathon on Monday, and briefly ordered ...
Off-duty Calif cop helps airport agent in Honolulu
An off-duty California police officer who came to the rescue of a security agent being assaulted at the Honolulu airport was praised by federal ...
Ind. police: Child safe, bus slaying suspect dead
A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed ...
Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net
The planned shutdown of up to 238 air traffic control towers across the country under federal budget cuts will strip away an extra layer of safety ...
LOT's grounded 787s set to fly this summer
Poland's state-owned airline said Friday that its two grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners may be among the first to resume flights, possibly in the summer
Boeing: Commercial 787 flights to restart in weeks
Boeing said Friday it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks" even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery ...
More US than Europeans drivers are on the phone
Distracted driving is more widespread in the U.S. than in Europe, according to a study released Thursday that surveyed drivers about their cellphone ...