As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation. Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more efficient. Eventually, […]
Work crews began demolishing a bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed for a second day Friday, as motorists’ nerves continued to fray in hours of traffic jams on and around the main artery linking New England and New York. “It’s crazy,” said Marco Ortiz, a tattoo artist at […]
NORWALK, Conn. — Workers on Friday began removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck – a project expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major artery linking New England and New […]
After nearly three years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its investigation into crashes involving Tesla’s autopilot driver assistance system by concluding that the EV maker’s safety measures are inadequate. In documents released Friday, NHTSA’s Office of Defects faulted Tesla’s driver engagement systems, ending a probe that began in 2021. And the agency […]
CHICAGO — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. The 76-page federal complaint alleges the officers violated multiple laws and police department policies during the “predatory, violent, […]
A pack of seven automated taxis from Google’s self-driving company Waymo caused a traffic jam on a San Francisco freeway, raising safety questions about the robotic vehicles. At 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, the seven taxis were on the way back to their depot when they encountered a road closure. The only way around it was to […]
An encounter with two violent career criminals cost a New York Police Department officer his life. Now, a wife must go on without her husband, and an infant must grow up without his father. According to WABC-TV, a traffic stop in the borough of Queens late Monday afternoon resulted in the fatal shooting of 31-year-old […]
The collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore has closed one of the East Coast’s busiest ports to shipping traffic, delivering a severe blow to the region’s economy. The underwater wreckage of the steel bridge in the Patapsco River has clogged the only water route into the Port of Baltimore, which handled 11.7 million tons […]
BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day. The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake Tahoe received about a foot […]
It has been revealed that the Illinois judge who went against previous state rulings to yank Donald Trump off the state’s primary ballots has little background in complicated election laws or the Constitution and was a mere traffic judge before she issued her ruling. Late last month, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tracie R. Porter […]
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