2012

Safe Kids and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took part in a press conference at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Wake Tech Public Safety Educational Campus. The accompanying demonstration was intended to call attention to the dangers that occur when children are trapped in vehicles during hot weather. Experts say that deaths resulting from hyperthermia in… read more

Motor Car Auto Carriers, a vehicle transportation company based in Colorado, has become quite enamored with a new product called road wrap, which can be helpful in the transport of cars, trucks, and other vehicles. The product has a very simple implementation – it is a sticky, transparent sheet that wraps around a vehicle and… read more

A Minnesota State Trooper recently pulled over a Ford Pinto that was on its last legs, held together by a series of dangerous modifications the driver made. Among them was a hose going from a gas can, out the passenger window, and underneath the hood, where it hooked up to the engine to keep the… read more

We all look forward to the long weekends of summer, which give us a chance to take a break and relax. But the Toronto Star reports that long weekends mean more drivers on the road, more drinking and driving, and more distracted driving. This not only means that citations for these violations increase, but also… read more

The group Mothers Against Drunk Driving calls the timeframe from Memorial Day to Labor Day the 100 deadliest days for teenage drivers due to several factors, a key one being inexperience. Because more people are driving during the summer, the possibility of collisions increases and, when coupled with a teen’s inexperience, leads to the increase… read more

Auto insurance provider 4autoinsurancequote.com has found that texting while driving increases insurance rates. They also found that texting has more than doubled since 2005 and that mobile phone-related accidents increased sharply around 2008. In 2009 there were over 24,000 injury accidents due to mobile phone use (1,000 additional crashes led to fatalities). Greater awareness of… read more

A trial involving a woman who is being charged with five counts of negligent homicide is getting national media attention because of the similarities the case shares with the recent incident where the United States Commerce Secretary was charged with a hit-and-run. The one thing that the two incidents have in common are claims from… read more

The mother of the victims of an automobile accident joined a California senator on Tuesday as that lawmaker lambasted rental car companies for not doing their part to keep consumers safe from recalled vehicles. It all stems from an incident in 2004 in which two sisters were in a recalled PT Cruiser that the driver… read more

Police have arrested an individual because of an allegedly dangerous excursion that goes above and beyond the typical recklessness often seen along the roads. The incident in question took place in Billings, Montana at around 10:30 at night on Sunday.  At that time, a Dodge Magnum was reportedly traveling along Highway 312.  An officer with… read more

A new report concerning autonomous cars paints a pretty picture for those hoping that such technology could have an impact on their wallet. The report, which was released by the Celent consulting firm, is called “A Scenario:  The End of Auto Insurance:  What Happens When There Are Almost No Accidents.”  Although there are a lot… read more

They’re mandatory in airplanes, but very soon, the device known as a black box might soon be required to be installed in motor vehicles as well. The new transportation bill that was just approved by the United States Senate has a clause that makes these event recorders mandatory on all vehicles of the 2015 model… read more

A new study suggests that a person’s weight might have an influence on the likelihood of that person surviving a vehicular accident. The study, which will be presented by the University of Buffalo in New York at Chicago’s Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, hinges on the fact that persons of normal weight utilize seat belts… read more