The only thing worse than being stuck in a traffic jam is being stuck in a traffic jam that shouldn’t be there. "Phantom Jams" are those backups that occur on highways for seemingly no reason, then ...

Safety is a paramount issue when it comes to cars. As awesome as they are, cars require some skill to drive, and in the worst cases, accidents can be deadly. The World Health Organization estimates ...

Cars fitted with "adaptive cruise control" (or ACC) could help ease traffic congestion on motorways according to new computer simulations by physicists in Germany. Arne Kesting of the Technical ...

Some traffic jams have a clear cause: A tire blew, or a collision shut down one of the lanes. There’s not much we can do about that besides clear the road and get people moving again. But there may be ...