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More than 50 years ago the federal government ordered car makers to install seat belts. Originally designed for an average American man – 5 feet, 9 inches…
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People who track the automotive industry predict at least two significant disruptions in the years to come – self–driving and electric cars, and in a…
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More than ten years ago, a small team of students and engineers from Virginia Tech won big at a national contest for software that allowed a car to drive…
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Researchers will soon begin testing automated cars on Virginia Roadways. But the advent of truly driverless cars is still pretty far down the road.On the…
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With gasoline prices well below three dollars a gallon, large, gas-guzzling vehicles are again selling well. Last year’s top three were full-sized pick-up…
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There was a time when a license plate simply identified a car, its owner and, in many cases, if it was on the road legally. But now, with advancing…
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The automobile has shaped American culture for more than a hundred years. So how will the coming, so called, driverless cars change us? Or how will we…
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As more commuters turn to bicycles as an alternative method of transportation, lawmakers say everyone must rethink how we take to the roads.That approach…
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W&L Students Involved in Fatal Early Morning CrashState Police continue their investigation of a crash that claimed the life of one Washington and Lee University student and injured seven others. Three…
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When the Virginia General Assembly approved new transportation funding this year, it also allocated 2-and-a-half billion dollars more than VDOT's previous…