China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles
China has drawn up new safety rules for the growing number of autonomous vehicles on its roads, including a mandatory deactivation override, the government said Tuesday.
Aug 4, 2026
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Page 4: Research news on AI traffic safety
AI traffic safety concerns the use of artificial intelligence to prevent crashes and reduce injuries in road transport systems. Work in this area spans perception and decision-making for autonomous and cooperative driving, AI-enhanced traffic cameras and inspections, and predictive tools for urban planning and enforcement. Human factors are central, including driver stress and vigilance monitoring, cognitive load and takeover performance in semi-autonomous vehicles, moral decision-making in automated systems, and feedback-based interventions that shape safer driving behavior.
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Dynamic pitch shifts in vehicle sounds could help pedestrians assess collision risk earlier
To improve pedestrian safety in urban areas, researchers are developing technologies that alert pedestrians to potential hazards via smartphones or earbuds. However, loud warning sounds and strong vibrations can induce stress, ...
Jul 30, 2026
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Experienced captains vs. conventional AI: Setting a new course for autonomous ship navigation
Teaching an AI to navigate a ship is far more challenging than teaching it to drive a car. In busy waterways such as Japan's Seto Inland Sea, vessels must safely negotiate dense traffic, narrow channels, hundreds of islands ...
Jul 22, 2026
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AI tech proactively prevents subway door entrapment accidents
A research team led by Professor Jo Woon Chong of the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), in collaboration with researchers from KAIST and Texas Tech University in the United ...
Jul 21, 2026
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Weak AI regulation may be worse than none at all, researchers say
A new modeling study finds that weak AI regulation may be worse than no regulation at all when it comes to the safety of AI products and services.
Jul 20, 2026
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New driving AI ranks possible routes for safer, clearer decisions
A research team led by Jun Won Choi, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University College of Engineering, has developed SafeDrive, an end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving ...
Jul 19, 2026
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Fed probe suggests Tesla's self-driving feature wasn't to blame in crash that killed a grandmother
Federal safety investigators looking into a runaway Tesla that killed a grandmother in her home say the driver had pressed the accelerator to full speed, suggesting the vehicle's self-driving software was not to blame.
Jul 17, 2026
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AI analysis links pavement conditions to crash risk
A University of Houston professor of civil and environmental engineering is using artificial intelligence to make roads safer by connecting information that is usually analyzed separately. Lu Gao used AI to analyze large-scale ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Self-driving cars: Near-miss driving data can expedite AV algorithm training
The safety performance of autonomous vehicle (AV) algorithms is boosted by 90% using simulation data that better incorporates near-miss incidents with outright failures, according to new research led by University of Michigan ...
Jul 13, 2026
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New autonomous monitor prevents drone crashes in real time
A University of Houston engineer has built a new safety monitoring system for the operation of quadrotor drones that can keep them on course and out of danger in real time.
Jul 7, 2026
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