(April 4, 2011) WASHINGTON (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — If you are wondering what week this is — it is National Work Zone Awareness Week.

AAA, North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, reminds motorists to use caution and drive safely when approaching and driving through work zones.

(April 2, 2011) This is incredible, but in the UK stolen car keys account for nearly all automobile thefts.

Here's the thing. The latest figures from TRACKER, experts in stolen vehicle recovery in the UK, confirm that theft of cars using the owners’ keys continues to rise — 84% of all cars stolen and recovered by TRACKER in 2010 involved theft of keys. 

(April 1, 2011) WASHINGTON (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Despite Americans driving nearly 21 billion more miles last year, U.S. highway traffic fatalities dropped 3 percent from 2009 to the lowest levels in recorded history.  The fatality rate also dropped, to 1.09 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT), according to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

By Karl Greenberg
MediaPost

(March 31, 2011) This could be a shakeup month for vehicle sales in the U.S., with at least one firm saying Ford could outsell GM. Edmunds.com is predicting a 1.24 million unit month, a 16.5% increase from last March and a 25.1% increase from February this year.

(March 31, 2011) MCLEAN, Va. (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Prices of fuel-efficient, used cars — both at auction and at the retail level — continue to feel the ripple effect of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

"The dramatic increase in wholesale vehicle prices indicates that buyers are expecting the supply of small, fuel-efficient cars to dwindle even more because of the crisis in Japan and gas prices that continue to rise," said Jonathan Banks, executive automotive analyst for the NADA Used Car Guide.

(March 31, 2011) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Is legislation truly effective when it comes to regulating or banning cell phone usage by car drivers? Edmunds' AutoObserver.com explores the complex and confusing answer in "Cell Phone States of Mind."

Right now 13 states have laws banning drivers' use of cell phone handsets. Eight of those states as well as 22 other states have restricted any cell phone use for novice drivers only. That leaves 15 states where there are no restrictions at all on a driver's cell phone usage.

(March 29, 2011) A survey carried out by breakdown and road safety organization GEM Motoring Assist today revealed that UK motorists believe tailgating is the most serious offense committed on a highway with 85% saying it causes highly dangerous situations.

(March 29, 2011) AUSTIN, Texas (PRNewswire) — With technology at their fingertips, drivers are constantly faced with distractions such as talking or texting, putting their safety and that of others at serious risk. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is launching the Talk. Text. Crash. campaign to raise awareness of the dangers associated with distracted driving and to encourage Texans to put down their cell phones while driving.

(March 28, 2011) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Four years ago, the Ford Sync infotainment system was the innovative technology that drove this automaker's economic recovery, but competitors are beginning to catch up to — and overtake — Ford's groundbreaking technology, according to Edmunds' InsideLine.