safety

12-year-old kids no longer allowed to take front seats of cars

Traffic officers can start in the first week of February apprehending drivers who allow children 12 years old and under to sit in the front seat or leave them unattended inside a private vehicle. According to the…

No road safety fund, no vehicle safety regulations

Not only does the Philippines have no vehicle safety regulations, government funding for road safety stopped in 2018 when a law abolished the Road Board. These revelations were made by World Health Organization (WHO) representative Eric Lazarte…

40 countries agree cars must have automatic braking

GENEVA — Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the U.S. or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting…

Tesla with Autopilot slams into truck stopped at red light

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, United States — A Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph (97 kph) apparently without braking before impact, but police say it’s unknown if the…

Growing family sizes might reshape car manufacturer safety thinking

It's difficult for vehicle manufacturers to react as quickly as they might like to changing trends and demographics, since vehicles take such a long time to develop and bring to market. …

Van driver pleads not guilty in robbery, rape of QC riders

The driver of a passenger van accused of raping and robbing female passengers last year pleaded not guilty in his arraignment before a Quezon City court on Thursday. More than a year after his alleged crime, Wilfredo…

Man killed in 18-vehicle pileup in Pasig

A motorcycle rider died while two other people were hospitalized after a driver lost control of his 10-wheel truck which hit a sport utility vehicle, triggering a chain reaction that led to an 18-vehicle pileup. The crash…

Did You Know: 6,728 jaywalkers nabbed in Metro Manila

A total of 6,278 jaywalkers were apprehended by four antijaywalking units during operations on Edsa-Quezon Avenue, Edsa-Taft Avenue, Edsa-Ortigas, and Edsa-Ayala Avenue in the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest report of the Metropolitan Manila…

Japan’s Takata: From parachutes to airbags to bankruptcy

TOKYO, June 26 (Reuters) – Takata Corp, at the centre of the auto industry’s biggest ever product recall, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan, and said it would be bought for $1.6 billion…

MMDA wants 2 poorly built bus terminals shut down

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has recommended the closure of two bus terminals in Quezon City until they can improve their facilities. In a letter sent on Friday to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board…