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When a semi-truck rear-ends you, you are in big trouble. The sheer size and weight of the truck makes commercial trucks especially deadly. They often weigh 20-30 times as much as a passenger car. In the U.S., most traffic fatalities are down, but fatalities from truck...
It's a serious problem. A safety recall is issued for your car, but you don't know about it. The automaker is required to send out a recall notice by first-class mail, but that only works if you're on their list as an owner.Then, there is the problem of changing...
Due to Hurricane Laura and several other major storm events, flooding has damaged many cars. Unfortunately, some of those cars will come back into the stream of commerce. Sometimes, unscrupulous people repair flooded cars that should be totaled out. They then resell...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
One reason a crash with a large truck may be more serious than another type of crash is that the sheer size and weight of the truck is so much larger than that of a passenger vehicle. Moreover, truck accidents are more common than you might expect, based on their...