Officials have urged residents to stay off the roads in portions of Virginia and North Carolina, where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of accidents in places that aren’t accustomed to significant accumulations.

The government’s highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles.

Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 small SUVs because gasoline can leak from the fuel injectors onto hot engine surfaces, increasing the risk of fires. But the recall remedy does not include repairing the fuel leaks.

Preliminary tests by a University of Nebraska road safety research facility and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers point to concerns that the nation’s roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles.

A large U.S. government study has found that more than half the people injured or killed in traffic crashes had one or more drugs, or alcohol, in their bloodstreams.

The number of people killed on U.S. roadways fell slightly from April through June, the first decline in two years.

The home surveillance video shows a man park a red Dodge Nitro across the street from the house in the 4700 block of Northeast First Terrace on Oct. 1. According to BSO, three bottles of alcohol, an iPad, a pair of shorts and a spare car key were missing when the resident came back. “The burglar wore an orange safety vest and a face mask with a distinct design,” detectives said in a news release. “A short time later, the burglar left the home carrying a shopping bag and a backpack.”Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity is asked to call Oakland Park Detective Michael Brooks at 954-202-3119. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 or go to browardcrimestoppers.org.