Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Emergencies don’t choose a time to happen. When they strike, swift movement by emergency vehicles like fire engines, ambulances, and ...

A group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Japanese technology firm Fujitsu Limited have found that the flashing lights of emergency vehicles could potentially cause other ...

Elon Musk has perpetually promised that self-driving cars are only a year away. However, today's relatively rudimentary autonomous systems are still making errors that most humans wouldn't make behind ...

We know the dangers that confront first responders, and just getting to an emergency event, such as an accident or fire, can provide a gauntlet of hazards, from other drivers to getting traffic lights ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — When you hear a siren or see a parked emergency vehicle with the lights flashing, move over. It’s the law. In honor of National Crash Responder Safety Week, first responders put on ...

Jonathan Studnek knows some people imagine that driving an ambulance at high speed with lights flashing and sirens wailing — racing through messily parted traffic to the scene of a crisis — is the ...

The Columbus Board of Public Works and Safety on Tuesday unanimously approved an engineering consulting contract for a project that will install emergency vehicle preemption devices at 62 ...

ROSWELL, Ga. — The city of Roswell is installing emergency vehicle preemption technology at all 107 of its traffic lights, along with lights run by the state. The city’s system by Alpharetta-based ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — If you’ve ever been out on the road, you may have encountered emergency vehicles with their flashing lights. As different emergency vehicles have different colored lights, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emergencies happen every day, and when they do, everyone on the road has an obligation to help crews get to the scene of an ...

Have you ever heard the sirens of an ambulance or firetruck behind you while driving and felt unsure of what to do? Knowing how to respond in these moments can help save lives. Properly yielding ...