Since 2005, 7,065 postal professionals have each driven more than a million miles without a single accident through 2011.
A study presented by the board's staff May 22 found 10 of 102 accidents in 2011 involving new experimental amateur-built aircraft occurred during the planes' first flights.
The agency has been working with the auto industry and state and federal partners to research the effectiveness and feasibility of connected vehicle technology that enables vehicles to "talk" to one another with Wi-Fi-like technology that could help prevent crashes.
Injuries—including those caused by accidents and violence—are the third leading cause of death nationally, and they are the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 44.
The Medical Fitness to Drive course will be available for continuing educational credits for physicians and other health care professionals.
The agency filed a motion May 17 asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to delay the case, saying it plans to reopen the record and invite new comments.
The agency says that a standard requiring ESC systems on large trucks and large buses could prevent up to 2,329 crashes, eliminate an estimated 649 to 858 injuries, and prevent between 49 and 60 fatalities a year.
FAA said it supports the Department of Justice in its efforts to seek “stern punishment” for anyone who intentionally points a laser device into the cockpit of an aircraft.
A team from Carnegie Mellon University and AT&T Labs will present their findings at Pervasive 2012 on how drivers process the sensory feedback from a haptic steering wheel.
A two-day forum involving the board members and numerous experts will explore the issues in depth.
A submersible photographed the Ametist, lost Feb. 11, 2011, with 23 crew members aboard, on May 11, lying at the bottom of the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of Kamchatka Island.
Peter David, who had worked for the magazine since 1984 in roles including foreign editor and Lexington columnist, died May 10 in a two-car crash in Virginia.
The Federal Highway Administration decided not to delay the Jan. 17, 2013, compliance date in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
NSC speculates some of the increase in miles driven may be due to an improving economy and the mild 2012 winter across much of the country.
The Electronic Learning Community is now available to provide high-quality training for emergency responders. Its first course concerns responding to situations involving hydrogen fuels.
Joseph Faigl, a conductor with Union Pacific Railroad, and Mark Sheffield, mechanical supervisor with the South Buffalo Railway Company, received the award for outstanding safety achievement during the preceding year.
Pennsylvania's latest effort to strengthen highway safety is the addition of 20 officers -- 13 state troopers and seven municipal police officers – who recently were trained as drug recognition experts, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan announced May 7.
A NIOSH analysis of data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey found this group of workers has an especially high prevalence of averaging six hours or less of sleep daily.
Described by the company as its new flagship, the $668.8 million Costa Fascinosa is "at the cutting edge of safety and environmental protection standards," according to the company.
Child hyperthermia deaths in vehicles typically rise this month, and the annual Click It or Ticket campaign opens around the Memorial Day holiday weekend.