Will Self-Driving Cars Operate Differently in California? The California State Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would establish safety and performance standards for self-driving cars in California.

Two-second life saver RENO — Chris and Lea Pope of Fallon thought the sound of the beeping seat belt alarm was annoying, so they buckled up their two three-year-old children in the back seat of the Ford Fusion before cruising eastbound on Interstate 80 on their way home.

Google Takes an Autonomous Road Trip Through Nevada Snap divorces, slot machines and Elvis impersonators are so yesterday in Nevada -- the state on Tuesday issued Google the first autonomous vehicle testing license in the United States. Google can now officially take its driverless cars for a spin in the state. However, the driverless vehicles will require one person behind the wheel and another riding shotgun in the front passenger seat.

Google Is My Pilot: Nevada Gambles on Self-Driving Cars Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has given Google the nation’s first license to test self-driving cars on public streets. The adolescent-aged Internet search giant has been working toward this goal for the past couple of years by holding test-driving demonstrations along freeways, state highways and neighborhoods both in Carson City and along the Las [...]

What's causing surge in southern Nevada traffic deaths? The past year has been deadly on Las Vegas Valley roadways. In the last four months alone, 16 people have been killed in auto-pedestrian accidents in Clark County.

2 military planes crash in the U.S., fatalities reported Two military planes crashed in the United States during separate incidents Friday evening.

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New Mexico Has Highest Rate of Injury Deaths in the U.S.; Nearly Half of States Score 5 or Lower out of 10 on Injury ... WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a new report, The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report, 24 states scored a five or lower on a set of 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries. Two states, California and New York, received the highest score of nine out of a possible 10, while two states scored the lowest, Montana and Ohio, with ...

2011 traffic deaths a record low (Reuters) - Traffic fatalities on roads in 2011 fell to their lowest level since federal safety regulators started counting in 1949, the regulators said on Monday.

California Senate passes bill for self-driving cars The measure sets guidelines for 'autonomous vehicles' to be tested and operated in California. It now goes to the Assembly for consideration next month. A bill that would allow self-driving cars on California's roads has passed the California Senate.