From Zero to 60: Pedestrian Detection Systems Improving

As vehicle braking systems improve, AAA celebrates the achievement while warning that dangerous gaps in effectiveness remain. Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking (PAEB) is designed to detect pedestrians and automatically apply the brakes to prevent or minimize injury in a crash.  During initial research in 2019, none of the vehicles that AAA tested avoided an impact…

AAA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Approved Auto Repair Program

BOISE – The year was 1975 – Jaws ruled the box office, the first episode of Saturday Night Live premiered, and AAA launched its industry-leading Approved Auto Repair (AAR) program to help vehicle owners find trusted shops for repairs and maintenance. The repair program’s 50th anniversary milestone arrives just in time for the beginning of…

Aggressive Driving on the Rise

BOISE – Patient drivers wanted.  That’s AAA’s message after new research confirms that 96% of drivers have taken aggressive actions behind the wheel over the past year. Unfortunately, aggression has deadly consequences.  According to the Idaho Transportation Department, 49% of all crashes last year involved aggressive driving, with 75 deaths. “Having a ‘me first’ approach…