Traffic Accidents and Safety

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They Fled Cuba for Better Lives. They Were Cut Short by a Cargo Plane.

Days after an Amazon cargo jet plowed into a van at Miami International Airport, killing five, portraits of the victims started to emerge.

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Tesla’s Cybercab Is Being Investigated by Federal Regulators

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would examine whether the company’s new self-driving taxi, which has no steering wheel, meets federal auto regulations.

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On Night of Deadly Air Canada Crash, Two LaGuardia Controllers Left Early

The two controllers are among a dozen that the Federal Aviation Administration has taken steps to fire as part of an inquiry into timecard fraud, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’

As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.

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Alphabet IncCar Services and Livery CabsDriverless and Semiautonomous VehiclesFireworksIndependence Day (US) (July 4)InnovationLurie, DanielNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationRoads and TrafficSan Francisco (Calif)Traffic Accidents and SafetyWaymo

Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its ‘Edge Cases.’

As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.

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An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us?

Sam Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, thinks autonomous vehicles are the future. But his book, “Autokill,” imagines a world where they go very wrong.

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