The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reportedly expanded its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot software, which now encompasses more than 800,000 vehicles. This investigation, which has been ongoing since last August, has focused on several high profile car accidents involving vehicles using Tesla’s self-driving car software. Along with several recent recalls, the investigation has [...]
Tesla, the largest manufacturer of electric cars in the world, recently issued a recall for around 130,000 vehicles after it was found that some of the vehicles were experiencing overheating issues. This overheating affected the vehicles’ central console, which would experience lag or freeze entirely. This, in turn, made it difficult to access certain functions [...]
There are few types of drivers on the road that are more dangerous than aggressive drivers. These drivers engage in especially reckless behavior, dramatically increasing the risk of auto accidents and putting both their lives and the lives of others in peril. But what exactly is aggressive driving, and what about it makes it so [...]
According to a recent report by WKRN, the Mt. Juliet Police Department have noted a massive increase in the number of distracted driving accidents in the area. According to them, they have seen the number of distracted driving accidents double between 2019 and 2021, rising from 667 to 1,282 over a two year span. This [...]
In a recent accident, at least two students as well as both involved drivers were taken to the hospital after an accident involving a bus and a truck in Franklin County. The accident, which occurred early in the morning on April 7, involved a head-on collision between the two vehicles. While details around the accident [...]
Statistically speaking, airplanes are the safest mode of transportation available, but that does not mean it is entirely free from danger. When something goes amiss, it can easily result in a serious accident, causing potential injury or death. Here are five of the most common causes that result in aviation accidents: […]
A search for a lost plane carrying eight people is ongoing after it went missing on February 13 off the coast of North Carolina. The flight was set to land at around 2:00 PM, but started behaving erratically before suddenly disappearing from the radar. The fuselage of the plane and several of the bodies of [...]
Whenever a company discovers a product they produce has a design defect, they customarily issue a recall for that product. This helps to prevent defective products from hurting regular consumers, who can potentially be injured or sickened by defective goods. But what exactly is a design defect, and how does it result in people getting [...]
According to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), one person has died and another was injured in a helicopter crash in Sevier County on December 29. The crash occurred in the middle of the afternoon, at around 2:21 PM, during a flight from Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville, TN. The current cause [...]
