Stopping vehicles as quick as possible in an emergency is important but many factors affect this. The driver's reactions and the road and vehicle conditions play a part, as well as mass and speed. The ...
US National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker said airlines should voluntarily begin incorporating a 15% safety factor when calculating stopping distances on icy or wet runways. He ...
US safety investigators have determined that the probable cause of a Pinnacle Bombardier CRJ that overran a runway in April 2007 in Traverse City, Michigan was the lack of a required landing distance ...
Safety is a paramount concern for many shoppers in choosing their next vehicle, based on our car-buying surveys. Beyond crash test results and advanced safety systems, there is a vital element that ...
This story appears in the July 2 print edition of Transport Topics. While shorter stopping distances mandated last year by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration prompted the introduction ...