#road safety
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Traffic Light Yellow Borders Explained
Yellow borders on traffic lights improve night visibility and safety during outages.
Family Handyman · 1m

Federal Government Targets Headlight Glare
NHTSA updates vehicle lighting rules to reduce headlight glare and improve road safety.
Valleynewslive · 1m

Driving Blunders That Haunt Your Dreams
Readers share car crashes that still haunt them.
Jalopnik · 1m

America's deadliest road resists all fixes
The Million Dollar Highway kills regularly, but locals and officials accept the danger as part of life in the mountains.
The New Yorker · 5m
NHAI Gujarat MoU Simplifies Highway Approvals
NHAI and SSNNL sign MoU to fast-track highway projects in Gujarat with new safety rules
The Economic Times · 1m

E-bike surge injuring children on Long Island
Doctors and officials warn of a public safety crisis as e-bike accidents spike, with children as young as 8 suffering serious injuries.
ABC7 New York · 1m

Concrete chunks fall on Dallas Central Expressway
A section of northbound Highway 75 near SMU closed Wednesday after debris from an overpass landed on the road.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · 1m
India's highways get new design rulebook
NHAI standardises lane widths, safety measures and interchange designs across all new high-speed corridors.
The Economic Times · 1m

Why speeding says more about your personality
Psychology links aggressive driving to anger, impulsivity, and thrill-seeking rather than just being in a hurry.
Psychologies · 1m

Why Philadelphia's streets are deadlier than New York's
Philadelphia has a traffic fatality crisis that outpaces peer cities. Here's what's working and what the city still needs to do.
The Conversation · 2m

Cities use green lights to reward slower drivers
A traffic signal strategy called 'rest in red' gives careful drivers more green lights while speeders hit more reds.
Family Handyman · 1m

Suffolk officials push Sunrise Highway widening
A daily bottleneck on Sunrise Highway has Suffolk officials calling for a third lane before traffic gets worse.
ABC7 New York · 1m

Atlanta bus driver appears to doze off before crashing into trees
New video shows a MARTA driver's hands leaving the wheel moments before the bus went down an embankment and hit a tree.
Valleynewslive · 1m

A pothole, a death, and an election fight
A 71-year-old rider died on the Western Highway, and Victoria's crumbling roads are now a ballot-box issue.
the Guardian · 1m

146 stopped at a Klang toll plaza before dawn
A pre-dawn sweep at Bukit Raja toll plaza pulled over 146 riders aged 16 to 25, and 50 bikes went home on a tow truck.
Malay Mail · 1m

Half of Texas CDL files checked had violations
Federal auditors flagged 60 of 123 sampled Texas non-domiciled trucking licenses, and most of the errors were expiration dates.
Dallas Express · 1m · 5 views

Wheelie on I-84 ends the only way it could
Two riders popped wheelies through Boise freeway traffic, and the camera caught what happened next.
California Post · 1m
Orange County will pay you to give up your e-bike
A gun-style buyback, gift cards up to $1,000, and a DA who wants every e-moto off the street.
Sfgate · 1m

NSW police are crushing illegal ebikes
A 14-year-old's ebike hit 90km/h, and NSW now has the power to destroy bikes like it.
the Guardian · 1m

Why a good drive feels good, according to science
A new Castrol study wired up drivers and found the thrill comes from focus and control, not from speed.
Family Handyman · 1m