Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

The Trouble with Automatic Emergency Braking Systems

By Jeff Day | May 11, 2021 | No Comments

Nearly 100 new cars and SUVs released in the United States this year will come equipped with automatic emergency braking systems that proponents will protect pedestrians on our streets — but some advocates wants the government set to stronger standards to ensure they actually work in all road contexts.

Image: Michael Sheehan via Creative Commons

STUDY: Drivers Mostly Use Cruise Control to Speed

By Kea Wilson | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

"Cruise control" technology was invented to help drivers maintain a safe and steady speed — but more often, they use it to go faster than they would without it, a new study finds.

The Reason More Women Drivers Die in Car Crashes

By Kea Wilson | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments

Women drivers are more likely to die in crashes because the male drivers who hit them are more likely to be driving trucks and SUVs, a new study finds.

Hands free driving is a reckless, dangerous, and selfish idea — even when your car is partially automated. Image: Creative Commons

Study: Partial Automation Encourages Reckless Driving

By Kea Wilson | Nov 20, 2020 | No Comments

Automated vehicle technology was supposed to end car crashes forever — but a new study suggests that the more automated a car gets, the more reckless its driver may become.

It's cheaper to insure a monster like this than a Corolla.

How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage

By Eve Kessler | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments

It costs less to insure an SUV, despite its role in the pedestrian death crisis. And drunk drivers barely pay more for insurance (why can they even get insurance again?).

A PDS senses three white-presenting pedestrians in its path. Source: Virginia Department of Transportation via Creative Commons.

Study: Driverless Cars Bad at Detecting Dark Skin

By Kea Wilson | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.

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