While auto safety experts find the new dummy designs promising, there are limitations to physical tools when testing vehicle crash outcomes. The 5th percentile federal standard for female dummies is 4 ...

Before Rahmanullah Lakanwal settled in a quiet part of Washington state, he was part of a secret unit of Afghans who operated under CIA direction and hunted down Taliban commanders in highly dangerous ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start producing for carmakers to test in their vehicles. The female crash test dummy, ...

Crash test dummies revolutionized car safety but never with a female body specifically in mind — until now. The Department of Transportation is unveiling an advanced female crash test dummy that could ...

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found. Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to ...

California's State Transportation Agency has doubled down on a letter denying any wrongdoing with regard to English language proficiency enforcement for commercial truck drivers after DOT pulled $40 ...

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The Transportation Department is contemplating rolling back several elements of the rules put in place by the Biden administration to protect flyers who use wheelchairs. Photo Credit: ...

The DOT's proposed rule would add fentanyl and norfentanyl to drug testing panels for safety-critical roles such as CMV drivers, with detection thresholds as low as 1 ng/mL in urine. The fentanyl ...

DOT called out New Mexico authorities as "dishonest" and for making excuses after a dispute over English language proficiency enforcement. DOT said it tested Harjinder Singh, the driver behind the ...