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AAA Study Highlights Safety Concerns With New Vehicle Technology

By Daniel Armbruster & Doug Shupe September 05, 2025 Automotive, Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — Advanced vehicle technology is becoming increasingly common, presenting both opportunities and challenges. AAA Automotive Engineers evaluated five passenger vehicles with low-speed-capable Active Driving Assistance (ADA) systems, also known as Traffic...

AAA Texas: Gas prices are leading the charge for Americans to go electric

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber July 12, 2022 Automotive, Insurance & Consumer Tips

Coppell, TX — AAA’s latest consumer survey reveals that one-quarter of Americans say they would be likely to buy an electric vehicle (powered exclusively by electricity, i.e., not a hybrid) for their next auto purchase, with Millennials leading the way (30%). Of those...

AAA Texas: Vehicle Safety Systems Struggle to “See” in Bad Weather

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber October 13, 2021 Automotive

Coppell, TX — New research from AAA finds that moderate to heavy rain affects a vehicle safety system’s ability to “see”, which may result in performance issues. During closed course testing, AAA simulated rainfall and found that test vehicles equipped with automatic...

AAA Texas Cautions Consumers: New Research Shows Automaker Marketing May Lead to Overconfidence, Misunderstanding

By Daniel Armbruster September 10, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — (Coppell, TX) – Motorists using active driving assistance systems, which combine vehicle acceleration with braking and steering, tend to overlook safety limitations when the branding and marketing used to sell it suggest an “automated” driving...

AAA Finds Active Driving Assistance Systems Do Less to Assist Drivers and More to Interfere

By Daniel Armbruster August 06, 2020 Automotive, Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — AAA automotive researchers found that over the course of 4,000 miles of real-world driving, vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems experienced some type of issue every 8 miles, on average. Researchers noted instances of trouble with the...

AAA Texas: Self-Driving Cars Stuck in Neutral on the Road to Acceptance

By Daniel Armbruster March 05, 2020 Automotive

Coppell, TX — A new AAA survey on automated vehicles reveals that only one in ten drivers (12%) would trust riding in a self-driving car. Even more Americans – 28% – don’t know how they feel about the technology, signaling consumers are stuck...

AAA Texas: Long-Term Use of Advanced Driver Assistance Technologies Can Result in Disengaged Drivers

By Daniel Armbruster December 17, 2019 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — Drivers with experience using advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) like adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist, were nearly twice as likely to engage in distracted driving while using the systems compared to when they were driving without...

New Vehicle Technologies Double Repair Bills for Minor Collisions

By Daniel Armbruster October 25, 2018 Automotive, Insurance & Consumer Tips, Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — According to new research from AAA, vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning and others, can cost twice as much to repair following a collision due...