The Reason More Women Drivers Die in Car Crashes
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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.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Study: Partial Automation Encourages Reckless Driving
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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.
How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage
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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?).
Study: Driverless Cars Bad at Detecting Dark Skin
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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.
Safety Officials: Tech Will Save Pedestrians from SUVs
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We know SUVs are killing pedestrians. But none of the traffic safety agencies is willing to alert the public about it.