A recent survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety concluded that adults report texting and driving more often than teenagers do, a finding that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Although AAA found that many...
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...
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...