As we head into fall, the chance of floods begins to increase. Nearly 100 people die every year in incidents related to flooding, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and more than half of those incidents involve driving into hazardous...
Month: August 2020
Have you been hit by a high-risk impaired driver?
As a percentage of all traffic fatalities, those caused by drunk drivers are decreasing. That’s great news, but drunk-driving accidents still account for 29% of all traffic fatalities. Drunk driving is still a huge problem. In 2018, an alcohol-related fatality...
Age vs. inexperience: Who are safer drivers, teens or the elderly?
Over the years, we've heard a lot of tropes about both teen drivers and the elderly. There are very real challenges to safe driving in either age group.Teens are inexperienced drivers. They also tend to take more risks than older people. That can mean trouble on the...
Should your teen be driving that old car?
When it comes to crash-worthiness, technology and innovation have made a big difference over the past few years. That means that newer cars often have features that help make them safer to drive. Moreover, research has shown that larger vehicles are safer in crashes...
AAA: Many partially-automated driving systems may malfunction
Researchers with the safety group AAA have been testing active driver assistance systems that partially automate vehicles. The idea behind these systems is to reduce the number and severity of crashes by reducing the effect of human error. Unfortunately, AAA found...
Work zone crashes injure thousands of people every year
We've all been through a highway work zone. We know that there is an increased risk of a car crash due to changing conditions. But do we realize just how dangerous these stretches of highway can be?It's not just a danger to construction workers. The occupants of...