April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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New NHTSA Study Reveals Good News and Bad News About Impaired Driving
With drunk drivers posing such a big danger to drivers, it’s naturally something the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) studies carefully. Since 1973, the NHTSA has periodically conducted national surveys called the Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers. The survey was conducted in 1973, 1986, 1996, 2007, and 2013-2014. To collect the
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How Effective Are Seat Belts?
Injuries resulting from car accidents are common enough to be considered a public health issue. They are one of the biggest causes of death among people aged 54 and younger. According to the NHTSA, 36,094 died in motor vehicle accidents in the United States in 2019. Having your seat belt properly fastened is your best line
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Common Causes of Motorcycle Accidents
Head-On Collisions 56% of all motorcycle accidents are accidents that involve another vehicle. In the vast majority of these cases (78%), these accidents are head-on collisions. Only 5% of car/motorcycle accidents happen when the car hits a motorcycle from behind. Cars Making Left Hand Turns When cars make left-hand turns, it can be an incredibly
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Improved Car Safety Features Reducing Car Accident Deaths
It’s no secret that car safety technology has come a long way over time, but the progress over the past few years alone has been tremendous. Cars are doing a more effective than ever before in keeping drivers and passengers alive in the event of a car accident. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
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What You Should Know About Graduated Driver Licensing Programs
Graduated driver licensing is a process that lets teen drivers learn the skills they need to become safe motorists in a way that grants them more driving privileges as they become more experienced behind the wheel. Instead of granting teens full driving privileges as soon as they pass their road test, these programs are designed
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The Facts About Drunk Driving
One of the most dangerous things a driver can do is get behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol. In 2012, 10,322 people were killed in alcohol-related car accidents, representing 31% of all traffic fatalities. About 30 people in the United States die every day as a result of drunk driving, which works
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Common Causes of Pedestrian Accidents
In the United States, a pedestrian is injured every 7 minutes and killed every 2 hours as the result of an accident with a car. Data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the NHTSA reveals 4,743 pedestrians in the united states were killed as a result of accidents involving cars in 2012, which was
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Get the Facts About Texting While Driving
Cell phones, particularly smartphones, have made our lives easier in so many ways. They have made us more connected than ever before, enabling us to go out and live our lives without having to worry about missing an important phone call or message. But the downside to that freedom is that many people are unwilling
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Car Accidents and Pedestrians: Who’s Liable?
One of the first things you learn when you take a driver education class is that the pedestrian always has the right of way. Drivers have a responsibility to remain vigilantly aware of their surroundings and exercise a reasonable amount of caution to prevent accidents from happening. When a car has an accident with a
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