A Vancouver woman recently won a $466K lawsuit against her husband after she suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in which he was the driver. Her husband admitted that his inattentiveness caused him to swerve his motorcycle in order to avoid hitting another motorcycle. …
Dog lovers, beware! Taking man’s best friend for a ride could be risky. I blog often about driving distractions, citing talking on a cell phone and texting as dangerous as driving under the influence, but a AAA study indicated that unrestrained dog in the car…
Despite advancements in auto safety, thousands of people are still seriously injured or killed every year in auto accidents. Last month, an 11-year-old Michigan girl was seriously injured after being ejected from a vehicle as it rolled over several times. Police believe the driver of…
Are drivers safe and attentive as long as their eyes are on the road and their hands are on the wheel? The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety conducted a study, “Measuring Cognitive Distraction in the Automobile” to help answer that very question. The findings proved…
Dangerous road hazards most often stem from faulty design, construction, maintenance, or failure by the government to make road changes to adapt to new conditions. When a roadway is poorly designed or road signs and barriers poorly placed, it can cause or contribute to an…
If you have never seen it, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, named one of the “Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World,” is a stunning masterpiece. Crossing this 23-mile long bridge surrounded by miles of water can be daunting, but is done so by an estimated…
I was casually scanning Facebook when I came across a grieving post about a woman killed in a one-car accident. Here is an excerpt: “Yesterday at just after 1pm the light of my life was tragically extinguished on her way home to Chicago to be…
As a parent, letting your child navigate an automobile is stressful enough, but what about driver distractions? Sixty-five percent of all teen drivers admit to texting while driving. No matter…
Despite a ban in most states on texting and talking on a handheld device while driving, cell phone use while on the road is still a problem. Concerned about the increased auto accidents linked to…
As summer approaches and school is nearing the end, it becomes more important to teach young drivers the importance of safety behind the wheel. Did you know that the time between Memorial Day and…
Cell phones have become so much a part of our lives that for many, using a cell phone has actually become an addiction. Many people never turn their cell phone off, using the alarm to wake up,…
Driver fatigue can easily lead to falling asleep at the wheel or being so exhausted that a driver makes serious, or fatal, mistakes. The major problem is that tiredness and fatigue can often…