Should self-driving cars pass a road test before hitting public streets?

Absent a federal standard, states that allow autonomous vehicles, or AVs, to circulate have had to make up their own rules.
Carscoops

This Old Car Crumpled Like Paper In The Same Crash Test As Its Modern Successor

It’s no secret that today’s cars are designed with far more safety in mind than the ones our parents grew up with, but the difference becomes striking when the two are go head-to-head. German testing ...
NPR

Transportation Department endorses crash test dummy that more closely resembles women

The U.S. government on Thursday released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. The Department of Transportation will consider using the dummy in the ...
Detroit Free Press

Should a self-driving car have to pass a test? Experts say federal standard in the works

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration collects crash data about autonomous vehicles, but only issues voluntary guidelines about expectations for those vehicles. Those guidelines softened ...
Motor Trend

How We Test Cars

MotorTrend has been a trusted source for objective test data on new cars since October 1949 when we published our first 0–60-mph times in the second issue of the magazine. Ever since then, we’ve built ...