If you’re a cyclist, then you’ve been there, right in the thick of it – a situation where fear for your safety is so great that it becomes anger. It’s in those tense moments, where an inattentive motorist could mean the difference between your life and death, that most cyclists feel their tempers flair. If [...]
Though significant strides have been made in the area of alcohol education and in reducing the number of drunken drivers on the road, many people still do not realize that alcohol is responsible for the deaths of 2.5 million people worldwide each year. Internationally, nearly 4% of all deaths are alcohol related. More than half [...]
All around the country, there are laws in the books that you may be unaware of in your daily life. You may even be breaking some. While some of these laws may seem comical or are so old that they’re no longer strictly enforced, others may be obscure but could still get you into a [...]
Like any other state, Minnesota experiences its share of car accidents every year. However, traffic safety saw some great progress in 2010, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. In their report, “Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts,” they sum up the year’s crashes using dimensions such as age of the driver, vehicle type, injury [...]
Auto manufacturers who are looking to find a solution for frustrated drivers who don’t want to holster their hand-held communication devices while driving are designing cars using new technology that allows drivers to text with little to no use of their hands. This “hands-free” technology allows drivers to hear messages read aloud by an onboard [...]
An estimated 32,788 people died in car accidents last year, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, traffic fatalities went down in most regions of the U.S., with the exception of three regions, including the Great Lakes states. While this is the lowest number of fatalities on record since 1949, there’s still [...]
The National Highway Safety Traffic Administration reports that drunk drivers accounted for 32 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States last year. Add to that, the increased number of drunk drivers every year, during peak holiday party seasons – and what holiday shows the largest number of drunken driving fatalities [...]
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of getting behind the wheel of your new car but that doesn’t mean it can’t feel just as good, if that new car is only – new to you. Since brand new cars lose about 40% of their value within the first 3 years, it may seem to make [...]
No matter how seasoned the driver, were all at risk for car accidents once we get on the road. According to Accountability Minnesota’s Traveler Safety Report, over 577 people a year, on average, lose their lives in traffic accidents each year. Last years blizzard caused over 400 non-fatal accidents alone. While we all agree it’s [...]
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