Officials have urged residents to stay off the roads in portions of Virginia and North Carolina, where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of accidents in places that aren’t accustomed to significant accumulations.

The government’s highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles.

Preliminary tests by a University of Nebraska road safety research facility and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers point to concerns that the nation’s roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is expressing concern about the safety risks that heavy electric vehicles pose if they collide with lighter vehicles.

A large U.S. government study has found that more than half the people injured or killed in traffic crashes had one or more drugs, or alcohol, in their bloodstreams.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. After investigators spent months tracking down the owner of an online username who was excessively downloading child pornography, Marion County deputies say theyve closed the case and arrested two men. FDLE obtained a search warrant and learned the username was connected with 1,091 pictures and 239 videos depicting child pornography, labeling some content as child sexual abuse material, a sheriffs office release read. During their search, 24-year-old Mathura was questioned about his possession of child pornography. During his interview, the 62-year-old admitted to viewing and downloading child pornography on two cellphones, according to the sheriffs office. Both Mathura and Brooks were taken into custody on possession of child pornography charges.