Researchers at a British university are targeting truck drivers, especially in the initial stages of a new seating technology. It will monitor the driver's heart rate and also alert them when they are about to doze off.
As early-morning traffic moves along the Mandela Highway, some impatient motorists utilise a tactic to avoid bumper-to-bumper congestion which literally takes them off the road. They drive through the canefields bordering parts of the roadway.
Executive director of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Paula Fletcher, has contradicted a popular misconception that there is an increase in motor vehicle crashes, and hence road fatalities, during summer.
As the water restriction orders remain in effect - including a restriction on washing cars with hoses - and it was recently announced that there is less than a month's supply of water remaining for the Corporate Area...
Host nation Barbados shared honours with Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago at the opening round of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) 2014/15, on the weekend of July 5 and 6...
Co-owner of the Wealth brand, Garth Walker, said the cost of decor for this weekend's Wealth Auto Show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St James, is more than the $2.5 million outlay for the Kingston show three years ago.
In an effort to streamline operations, the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) announced last week that it will be making it mandatory for schoolchildren, the disabled and senior citizens to use their Smarter Cards to access its $20 concessionary fare....
With transportation for wheelchair-bound persons remaining a challenge, as most vehicles are not properly equipped to accommodate them, 71-year-old pensioner Neville Baker has started a mobility assistance service.
Through a partnership brokered between the Miami, USA, arm of car makers Hyundai and Key Motors, the Jamaican distributor of Hyundai vehicles, a donated Hyundai Tucson enables Level Three students at the Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS) to be more technically equipped for the workplace.
The accustomed hustle and bustle characteristic of an active car wash was near to non-existent last Thursday, as Automotives visited a number of popular businesses across the Corporate Area.
Earl Jarrett, chairman of the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA), has said a meaningful road-death target for Jamaica should be no more than 100 persons annually...
Garth Walker, chairman of Creative Media and Events, organisers of the Wealth Auto Show, has remained committed to staging the two-day event despite the Jamaican currency's consistent devaluation.The event, slated for July 19 and...
June, which is observed as Road Safety Month, also marks the close of the first half of the year, making it an ideal assessment point for progress made or ground lost, compared...
DETROIT (AP):United States (US) auto sales grew at their fastest pace in eight years in June, surprising the industry and setting it up for a strong second half of the year.Sales rose 1.2 per cent over...
On Thursday, Rubis Energy Jamaica launched Ultra Tec, an advanced fuel technology product designed to deliver optimum performance, maximise fuel economy and save motorists money.
Third-year students at the Jamaica German Automotive School (JAGAS) now have a chance for their tuition to be paid annually, as well as access six months' work experience in the automotive industry through KIA Motors Jamaica.
Ahead of the increase in toll tariffs on Saturday, July 5, transport operators are considering their options and a mass meeting has been set for Sunday, July 6.
Rehabilitation work began recently as part of the Transportation Centre Modernisation Programme, which aims for widescale upgrading islandwide during the current financial year.
In the next academic year, transportation will be made easier for one school, which will receive a new Toyota Hiace bus from Toyota Jamaica Limited through its Bus Di School competition.
A year ago, she publicly expressed the desire to one day represent women and Jamaica at the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC). Today, it is a dream come true for tough-talking Natasha Chang.
After a pep talk with Jamaica's top female circuit racer, Natasha Chang, last Sunday, contestants in the Miss Jamaica World 2014 contest, got behind the wheel and showed off their go-karting skills at the Palisadoes International Raceway, Kingston.
Shortly after he graduated from Dinthill Technical High School in St Catherine, Vivian Mitchell fell in love with motorsport. It is a relationship which has blossomed over the last 20 years, and Mitchell has no regrets.
