Drivers are watching their cars slam on the brakes in the middle of clear highways, […] ...

Drivers were promised that modern cars would quietly watch their backs, stepping in only when […] ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking to put the brakes on pedestrian deaths. The federal safety agency is proposing new rules that would mandate automatic emergency ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Sometimes, a warning beep or seeing something through a camera just isn’t good enough. When you’re backing up a car, for instance, the common audible alerts and visual safety features just can’t ...

Some 20 carmakers have committed to making automatic emergency braking systems a standard feature on virtually all new cars sold in the U.S. by 2022, according to a new plan from the National Highway ...

Back in 2016, a consortium of automakers representing more than 99 percent of the U.S. auto market agreed to make automatic emergency braking a standard feature on virtually all new cars by Sept. 1, ...

Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems were introduced over two decades ago, but new tests have shown modern systems are far more capable than their predecessors. This means a few model years could ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

You fail to notice that the car in front of you has stopped, and before you can hit the brakes, your car rear-ends the one ahead. The number of such very common rear-end accidents can be cut in half ...

Every 17 seconds, a driver on a U.S. road gets hit from behind. In fact, a third of all car crashes are rear-end collisions. Traffic safety regulators, insurance companies and automakers have for ...