The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety — the people who crash cars to determine which ones are safest — and its associated research organization, the Highway Loss Data Institute, have a startling ...

New research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found partial automation systems in vehicles increase the likelihood of drivers engaging in distracted behaviors, such as checking their ...

Recent IIHS study casts doubts on greater safety potential of partial automation systems like adaptive cruise control (ACC), versus automatic emergency braking (AEB), after examining crash and ...

With more cars equipped with partial automation hitting the road, safety researchers are growing increasingly worried about driver attention and the potential for these systems to cause crashes. A new ...

Automated steering, braking and accelerating, whether in or out of traffic is no safer than having a human driver make those same moves, an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) confirmed in a ...

Ever-flashing screens, doom scrolling, message chimes, online auction notifications—we live in a world of distractions. Of course, we can easily mute notifications or unplug the device if we’re ...

Drivers are more likely to engage in non-driving activities, such as checking their phones or eating a sandwich, when using partial automation systems, with some easily skirting rules set to limit ...

Driver assists that help steer for you on the highway haven't contributed much to road safety, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data ...

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals drivers in vehicles with partial automation systems that don't shut off when they manually steer are more engaged. Not all vehicle ...

A child reaches for a hot stove, a parent slaps their hand away — that’s how learning happens. According to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, similar methods teach similar ...