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Research shows that daylight-saving time changes do more harm than good. It’s time to abolish the practice.
Do high fuel economy requirements make the US auto fleet less safe? The Trump administration says yes and is moving to freeze these standards, but auto experts and US car makers disagree.
Perceptions about safety might be one of the reasons more and more people are buying SUVs. The evidence from crash data, though, is troubling – particularly for other road users.
Most road fatalities involving heavy vehicles are caused by the other party, not the truck driver. We need to educate road users on how to be safer around trucks.
A damning report lists a number of questionable design decisions that appear to greatly increase the risks of a crash.
Motor vehicle crashes are a public health crisis in the US. Distracted driving laws can save lives – but only some states have them.
The biggest ethical challenges for self-driving cars arise in mundane situations, not when crashes are unavoidable.
Companies developing autonomous vehicles are missing out on the local knowledge and values of the people who live where these cars are tested. And that lack of engagement sets up bigger problems.
Comparing crash rates between humans and self-driving cars requires more data than anyone currently collects. And some of it will be quite hard to figure out.
Quit smoking, quit drinking – so many good resolutions for the New Year. But can the overabundance of messages on healthy living become counter-productive?
Road safety campaigns targeting mobile phone use among drivers should emphasise how perceived social pressure is not an acceptable excuse for engaging in the behaviour.
Conventional approaches to assessing the impact of cameras on collisions may be overoptimistic.
Car seats and their endless harnesses, straps and buckles feel like an engineering nightmare for parents. But they work.
Improved autonomous vehicle technology could reduce the tens of thousands of annual U.S. deaths due to human error behind the wheel. Are driverless cars the next big public health intervention?
Sleep deprivation in teenagers as a result of early morning school starts has been a topic of much debate. There’s more to this issue than just laziness.
Sometimes a user’s death causes technology development to slow down – but other times, progress speeds up to address the newly uncovered problems.
Reactive seats and head restraints would help cut down on head and neck injuries in rear-end shunts.
Those who place responsibility for road accidents on others have worse mental and physical health outcomes than those who…
A study led by UNSW found wearing a bicycle helmet certified to Australia’s national standard greatly reduces injury to the…
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Médecin de santé publique, École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
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