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Get your car ready for winter

Important Tips To Get You Ready For The Road

It always seems that summer rushes by faster than the wind through your hair. When the temperature starts to drop it's a reminder that months of winter driving uncertainty are on the way, and it's time to get ready.

New Year's is one of the deadliest days on U.S. roads

AAA Offers Up Tips For A Safe Ride Into The New Year

New Year's Day consistently ranks as one of the deadliest days on U.S. roads, according to data from MADD and AAA. And with holiday travel projected to be at the busiest in 6 years, drivers should be extra cautious if they are out and about ringing in 2015.

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10 things most people don't know about their cars

From who invented cruise control to how long the average America spends in traffic

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Valet mode captures joyride in red Corvette

Performance recorder catches thrill-seeking valet in the act

A man in California is among the first to catch a valet behaving badly in his 2015 Corvette using a controversial built-in recording feature.

Ford expands air bag recall nationwide

Ford adds 447,000 vehicles to list

Ford Motor Co. has agreed to government demands to expand a driver's side air bag inflator recall to the entire U.S.

Man beats speeding ticket with measuring tape

Speed camera may have been incorrectly recording speed for years

A man in Wales successfully beat his speeding ticket with nothing more than a tape measure.

Couple gets locked in keyless car

New Zealand couple didn't know the electronic locks could be unlocked manually

A couple in New Zealand nearly died after spending 13 hours locked inside their new car last month. Now they are speaking out about their ordeal to try and prevent other older drivers from suffering the same fate.

Elderly man thrown to ground, tased over expired inspection sticker

Car was exempt from inspection tags law

A Texas police officer is under investigation for using excessive force on an elderly man during a routine traffic stop last week.

Iowa driver's license app brings us closer to digital wallet

Free app would display an image of an Iowa citizen's driver's license

A fully realized "digital wallet" is inching closer to reality with Iowa's planned driver's license app.

The billion-dollar potential of the ordinary American school bus

EV buses could offer power in crisis, dollars in down time

Next year, three California school districts will soon participate in a experiment that will examine whether school buses can be used beyond their traditional scope of transporting children to and from classrooms.

Driving while black? app developers offer advice

A Justice Department report released last year suggests blacks are more likely than whites to be pulled over and have their cars searched

Though the developers of the soon-to-be released "Driving While Black" smartphone application want motorists to download their product, there is a time when they definitely don't want users searching for it.

Police officers escort woman to see ill son

Four state troopers drove elderly woman

Helen Smith is able to be by her gravely ill son's beside Friday because of the kindness of a string of Utah Highway Patrolmen who drover her half way across the state.

Two women jailed after breaking Saudi Arabian female driver ban

Saudi Arabia the only country in the world to ban female drivers

Two women who were detained at the border of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had their detentions extended by at least 25 more days Sunday for the crime of "driving while female."

GM to restore legendary Corvette damaged in sinkhole accident

The car, the 1 millionth Corvette ever produced, will be one of three salvaged

General Motors announced Wednesday it would restore the one millionth Corvette ever produced to its former glory.

Couple uses exotic car collection to lift sick children's spirits

Dream Drives for Kids gives sick children the ultimate ride

After making their fortune building a successful technology consulting firm, Eric and Amity Peterson indulged in their passion for high-powered supercars. Now that passion is being put to work in their foundation, Dream Drives for Kids, in Portland, Oregon.

Gas prices drop below $2 per gallon in Oklahoma City, prompting gas war

Average national price for a gallon of gas is 50 cents cheaper than this time last year

A new gas station called OnCue in Oklahoma City priced its gas at $1.99 per gallon yesterday, prompting a rival station down the road to go even further with $1.98 a gallon gas.

Honda To Expand Takata Air Bag Recall Nationwide

Takata insists that current recalls covering 8 million U.S. cars in high-humidity areas are enough

Under pressure from federal regulators, Honda is expanding a recall of driver's side air bags to all 50 states.

Thanksgiving Travel To Be Complicated By Rain, Snow

Some Thanksgiving travelers along the East Coast were heading out early because of a forecast calling for a nor'easter that will bring rain and snow.

Woman Cleared In Fatal Car Wreck After GM Letter

General Motors has received 225 death claims and 1,955 injury claims tied to the ignition switch recall since August

A Texas judge cleared a woman Monday for a car accident that killed her fiance in 2004, after General Motors acknowledged that her car would have been among millions being recalled for a problem that may have contributed to the death.

Lotus F1 Team Breaks World Record For Longest Truck Jump

Truck jumped 83 feet, 7 inches over a F1 racer

Lotus F1 wasn't content to just make any commercial for their technology partner EMC Industries. It had to be one for the record books. The video released today shows a truck breaking the world record for longest jump ever completed by a truck.

Thanksgiving Getaway: 46.3 Million To Hit The Road

Low gas prices means more families are traveling for the holidays

There is good news for Thanksgiving travelers: the price of gas is at five-year lows. The bad news: a lot more people will be driving.

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