Jeff McMurray

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  • carsLaw

    Car-crash injury risks are higher for women but the government has only used male crash test dummies for years. That’s finally changing

    By Jeff McMurray, Audrey McAvoy, and others
  • Chelsea Palacio, public information manager for the City of San Jose, showcases how a small detection camera uses AI to detect road hazards and potholes, in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)AI

    AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and street sweepers are spotting road hazards and deciding what to fix first

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • School drop-offSuccess

    30-year-old juggles 2 jobs and double shifts but keeps losing work due to school drop-off: ‘As a mom, you just find a way around it’

    By Jeff McMurray, Linley Sanders, and others
  • Vehicles drive along Mitchaw Road past Pacesetter Park Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Sylvania Township, Ohio. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)North America

    Today’s speed limits grew out of studies on rural roads from the 1930s and 1940s. Now states are looking to change guidelines

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • Kate Hippler adjusts a THOR-5F female crash test dummy in a vehicle at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Tech

    Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a 5-foot-9 man, even though women are more likely to be injured

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • People gather at a vigil, March 22, 2024, in Renton, Wash., for the four people, Andrea Hudson, Matilda Wilcoxson, Eloise Wilcoxson and Boyd “Buster” Brown, who were killed in a car crash. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)Health

    Virginia, Washington and Georgia want judges to force dangerous drivers to install car devices that stop them from speeding

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, for his nomination to be Transportation Secretary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Politics

    Transportation secretary’s memo to tie funding to marriage and birth rates is called ‘bizarre and a little creepy’

    By Jeff McMurray, Susan Haigh, and others
  • Happy Latin American mother driving her kids to school and smilingTech

    Parents are turning to rideshare apps as schools cut back on bus service amid driver shortage

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • cars drive through intersectionTech

    Autonomous cars could change our century-old traffic signal system with the addition of white lights, researchers say

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • Hoboken, New JerseyPolitics

    America’s 4th-densest city has wiped out traffic fatalities by taking a page from Sweden and eliminating parking spots

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • The site of a fire is shown under Interstate 10 in Los AngelesLifestyle

    The fire that shut down a huge LA freeway was arson, Gov. Gavin Newsom claims

    By John Antczak, Julie Watson, and others
  • BicycleEnvironment

    Bicycle, safety advocates nationwide say enough is enough: It’s time for cities to ban right turns on red lights

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press
  • Van ridePolitics

    A small North Carolina city’s bus service had such long wait times that it canceled it for van rides costing just $1.50 apiece

    By Jeff McMurray and The Associated Press