Driving Experience

Why millions of vehicle owners don’t respond to recall notices
May 1, 2017

Why millions of vehicle owners don’t respond to recall notices

Americans have a vehicle-recall problem. And it’s not necessarily the number of recalls – although that has been rising in recent years. A big problem is that millions of vehicle owners don’t get their vehicles repaired for reasons ranging from…

How to overcome fear of driving at night – without technology
April 10, 2017

How to overcome fear of driving at night – without technology

We’ve given fear of night driving a name. Nyctovehophobia. Now the question is, what do you do if you suffer from this condition? Ford wants you to buy a vehicle with the latest in pre-collision assist with pedestrian-detection technology, starting…

Traffic scorecard: The worst places to drive in the U.S. in 2016
April 3, 2017

Traffic scorecard: The worst places to drive in the U.S. in 2016

You think driving in Los Angeles or New York is bad …? Well, it is, according the Global Traffic Scorecard, a study by INRIX Inc., a company that provides transportation analytics and connected-car services. “At the global city level, Los…

Taking night vision and automatic braking to the next level?
March 29, 2017

Taking night vision and automatic braking to the next level?

Nyctovehophobia. It’s night driving fear – nycto-veho-phobia. The word is a mash-up – a combination of other actual words, nyctophobia and vehophobia – but the situations that cause it are real. And at least one car company thinks it has…