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2009 Taconic State Parkway crash
The 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash killed eight people when Diane Schuler drove a minivan the wrong way near Mount Pleasant, New York, on July 26, 2009.
Administrative license suspension
Administrative license suspension, also called administrative license revocation, is a civil action suspending a driver's license immediately after a drunk-driving arrest, before criminal proceedings conclude.
Advanced driver-assistance systems
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) are vehicle technologies that monitor the road and driver inputs, warning of crashes or intervening with automatic braking and steering to prevent or lessen collisions.
Airbag
An airbag, also known as an SRS airbag, is a vehicle restraint cushion that inflates rapidly in a crash to protect occupants alongside the seat belt.
Anti-lock braking system
The anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a vehicle safety system that keeps wheels from locking during hard braking, preserving steering control; Bosch introduced the first production system in 1978.
Aquaplaning
Aquaplaning, also called hydroplaning, is the loss of tire–road contact when a wedge of water builds hydrodynamic pressure that lifts a rolling tire off the pavement, sharply reducing braking and steering traction.
ASEAN NCAP
ASEAN NCAP is an independent vehicle safety program that crash-tests new passenger cars sold in Southeast Asia and publishes star ratings, established in 2011 by MIROS and Global NCAP.
Australasian New Car Assessment Program
The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) crash-tests and star-rates new cars sold in Australia and New Zealand, publishing ratings from zero to five stars.
Baby transport
Baby transport, also called baby transportation, covers the devices and practices for moving infants and young children, from carriages and strollers to car seats and wearable carriers.
Barnacle (parking)
The Barnacle is a parking enforcement device that suction-cups across a windshield until fines are paid, developed by Kevin Dougherty and first trialed in 2016.
Basic Safety Message
The Basic Safety Message is a standardized V2V message defined in SAE J2735 that vehicles broadcast 10 times per second to describe position, speed, and braking.
Black spot program
A black spot program is a government road safety funding scheme that pays for intersection upgrades, lighting, and signage at locations where serious crashes have occurred frequently.
Cannabis-impaired driving
Cannabis-impaired driving is driving with abilities degraded by recent cannabis use, chiefly THC; it roughly doubles serious crash risk, though blood THC levels poorly track impairment.
Cannonball Run challenge
The Cannonball Run challenge is an illegal timed attempt to drive from New York City to Los Angeles as fast as possible, descended from Brock Yates's 1970s race.
CARISSMA
CARISSMA, the Center of Automotive Research on Integrated Safety Systems and Measurement Area, is the vehicle safety test center at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany, operating crash and outdoor test facilities since 2016.
Chauffeur
A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a private motor vehicle for others, typically in a limousine, van, or private car, hired for single trips or on a regular basis.
Child restraint law
A child restraint law requires child passengers to be secured in an approved car seat or booster seat rather than an adult seat belt alone, with every U.S. state having one.
Child safety seat
A child safety seat, also called a child car seat, is a seat that protects small children in car crashes, cutting infant fatalities by an estimated 71%.
China Automotive Technology and Research Center
The China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) is a Chinese state-owned automotive research and testing organization in Tianjin that runs the C-NCAP crash safety program.
China Insurance Automotive Safety Index
The China Insurance Automotive Safety Index (C-IASI, 中国保险汽车安全指数) is a Chinese crash-test program run by insurers, which buys cars at retail and rates crashworthiness, repair costs, and pedestrian safety.
China New Car Assessment Program
The China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP) is China's independent new car safety rating program, run by CATARC since 2006, which buys cars from dealers and crash-tests them against standards stricter than national rules.
Click It or Ticket
Click It or Ticket is a national US seat belt enforcement campaign led by NHTSA, which began in North Carolina in 1993 and runs nationally each May.
Collision avoidance system
A collision avoidance system, also called a precrash system or forward collision warning, detects imminent crashes and warns the driver or applies automatic emergency braking.
Commercial driver's license
A commercial driver's license, also called a commercial driving license, is a US license, issued under federal standards, required to operate large trucks, buses, and hazmat vehicles.
Conduite accompagnée
Conduite accompagnée, formally apprentissage anticipé de la conduite, is a French scheme letting teenagers start supervised driving at 15 and take the driving test at 17.
Dashcam
A dashcam, also called a dashboard camera or driving recorder, is a small video recorder mounted in a vehicle that records the road, preserving accidents as evidence.
Death of Harry Dunn
The death of Harry Dunn was the 2019 killing of a 19-year-old British motorcyclist in a head-on collision with a car driven by Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton.
Decade of Action for Road Safety
The Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 was a United Nations-proclaimed global initiative to stabilize and reduce road traffic deaths through five pillars of action.
Defensive driving
Defensive driving, also called safe driving, is a style of driving that uses anticipation and space management to prevent collisions despite other drivers' actions or adverse conditions.
Demerit point system
A demerit point system is a licensing sanction that adds points for traffic offenses, triggering license suspension once a threshold is crossed within a set period.