Category: Driving Safety
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Takata Airbags Are Still a Problem in 2017
The Takata airbag recall and the scandal surrounding it dominated the news in 2014, 2015, and 2016. While we may not hear about it as often in 2017, some significant developments in this saga happened during the first part of the year.
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A Lesser Known Cause of Car Accidents: Weak Tires
Have you ever stopped to think about how important your car tires are? After all, the tires are the only part of your car that touches the ground. They help us stop when approaching a traffic signal and when the car ahead brakes suddenly, and they play an enormous role in ensuring our safety during Read More
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Can Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Really Make a Difference?
In the future, humans may no longer operate their own vehicles. But until science fiction becomes a reality, we’ll continue to have fallible individuals operating cars at all speeds, in all conditions, and with no shortage of potential distractions.
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Valentine’s Day: Safety Tips for a Great Date
Valentine’s Day usually makes you think of young romance and a little innocent fun: kissing in an idling car, hitting up a drive-in-theater, waiting to see what your date wears when you pick them up for a night of dinner and dancing, etc.
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Infographic: The Safest Way to Travel Over The Holidays
Over 100 million Americans will likely travel during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, and the number of people traveling has been rising for the past seven years. The overwhelming majority — 91% — of long-distance travel (traveling to a destination more than 50 miles away) takes place in personal vehicles, like cars, SUVs, Read More
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Used Car Buyers Beware: Don’t Buy Vehicles with Safety Recalls
Be Smart when Buying a Used Car Buying a used car can be an exciting experience. Cars give us independence and add a sense of stability and control to our lives. Used cars are also an economically savvy option, and buying used often provides plenty of choices to fit each individual’s lifestyle.
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The Grim Truth Behind Texas Traffic Deaths and Update on #EndTheStreak
Texas hasn’t seen a day without a traffic death in more than 15 years. In fact, on average, someone is killed every two and a half hours and injured every two minutes on Texas’ roads. As a statewide initiative to reduce these chilling figures, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) began the #EndTheStreak campaign, which Read More
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These Note-Taking Tips Can Help You after a Car Accident
When another car crashes into yours, you’re most likely shaken up. Reaching for a pen and paper is probably the last thing on your mind. However, if you can manage to write down some detailed notes about what happened in a car accident, it will create a much more accurate record of the events than Read More
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What to Do When You See a Drunk Driver on the Road
Crashes involving drunk drivers result in approximately 28 deaths per day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That’s a third of all traffic deaths. These fatalities are entirely preventable and take community vigilance to prevent, so it’s important to know how to respond when you encounter an intoxicated driver. Regardless of the circumstances, Read More
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Dealing with an Uninsured Driver in a Car Accident
For Texans, the option to drive uninsured ceased over a decade ago when the Texas Departments of Insurance, Public Safety, Motor Vehicles, and Information Resources collaborated to create a database system to reduce the number of uninsured drivers in the state. The verification program (called TexasSure) hosts every vehicle’s license plate, vehicle identification number (VIN), Read More
