Although many of us were promised flying cars by now, that technology isn’t yet available. However, automakers are pressing ahead to produce a self-driving car. While a self-driving car can drive in traffic and park...
Category: Auto Accidents
As novice drivers get more comfortable behind the wheel, they are more likely to start performing secondary tasks that divert their eyes, such as dialing a cell phone, texting, or eating, according to a study in the New...
The National Safety Council, a nonprofit safety advocacy group, says that auto crashes involving cellphones are vastly underreported. Its findings are based on an analysis of 180 reports of traffic crashes that involved...
Dec 12, 2013
Truck Accident Deaths Rise
Deaths from large truck collisions rose in 2012 for the third year in row. Accidents involving large trucks killed 3,921 people last year, a 3.7% increase from 2011, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Dec 5, 2013
Safety Tips for ATV Riders
A report by the Consumer Product Safety Commission sheds light on accidents involving all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs. According to the report, ATV crashes injured more than 100,000 people nationwide in 2011. In Virginia, 51