Industrial design chair David Ringholz (left) and electrical engineering doctoral student John Pritchard with "E.T." prototype. Photo by Bob Elbert. AMES, Iowa -- David Ringholz was searching for a ...

Bill Furlong of Iowa City takes ROPS seriously. ROPS stands for “Rollover Protection Structure.” Basically, it’s a heavy-duty roll bar and seat belt installed on older farm tractors that Furlong says ...

WASHINGTON --Automakers should do more to make pickups less likely to roll over, even as SUVs have become safer, the government's chief safety regulator says. More motorists are using pickups as ...

Peterbilt’s flagship on-highway Model 579 and vocational Model 567 now offers RollTek’s safety protection system integrated with the company’s Atlas II driver seats. A sensor located under the seat is ...

The Wisconsin Rollover Protective Structure rebate program has been funded for a sixth consecutive year, enabling Wisconsin farmers to retrofit rollbars onto their tractors at a reduced cost. The ...

Polaris is recalling about 1,300 2018 RZR XP Turbo S recreational off-highway vehicles because, in the event of a high-speed rollover, the vehicle’s rollover protection structure can fracture, ...