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Across Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Gobi Desert - it certainly was a long way to go without getting lost... The vehicles, equipped with four solar-powered laser scanners and seven video cameras that work together to detect and avoid obstacles, are part of an experiment aimed at improving road safety and advancing automotive technology.

A former real estate agent drove with the partially mummified body of a homeless woman in the passenger seat of her car for between three and 10 months, according to a report.

A doctor says an Austrian man who was able to drive because of an innovative high-tech artificial arm has died after a car crash.

Google has been working on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver.

Want to be dazzled by Mother Nature’s fall foliage display? Just hop in the car. Crisp air, panoramic views, brilliantly colored ash and poplar trees: the exhilarating route to North Carolina’s Mount Mitchell State Park — the highest peak in the Eastern United States — is a destination in itself. The scenic 75-year-old Blue Ridge Parkway is just one of the country’s great autumn drives.

Lawmakers and victims' families will gather in Washington on Tuesday for a summit on distracted driving and the deadly toll it takes.

States are moving to close a deadly gap in seat belt laws that allows rear-seat, adult passengers in half the states to ride legally without ...

The California DMV might soon issue digital license plates that display ads when a vehicle is not in motion, as a means to draw in revenue to battle the…

The government says about 45 million Americans are not buckling up in their cars. The Transportation Department released its estimate of seat belt use on Monday as it kicked off the annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

Along the USA's streets and highways, one issue mirrors the nation's partisan divide: using cameras to catch drivers who speed ...