Archive for September, 2009
Parents can help teens tackle driving distractions, reduce car accidents
With a national summit on distracted drivers set for this week, studies due today from the journal Pediatrics show that parents can have a huge effect on how effective — or distracted — their teen drivers become.
Conducted by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA and given funding by State Farm Insurance Co., the studies show that [...]
A fatal traffic accident driver ‘lost’ control–or surrendered it?
Each day you hear or read it in news reports: A driver “lost control” of a vehicle, causing a deadly car accident crash. But apart from slick roads and sudden mechanical malfunctions, just how did the driver “lose” control? Or, did the driver not truly lose control, but rather surrender it — by driving too [...]
Ignition interlock devices are a tool in America’s war on drunk driving car accidents
Drunk drivers’ undeclared war on America has raged for decades, killing more than half a million U.S. citizens since 1982. Such a terrible toll mandates strong counterattacks, and one is requiring ignition-interlock devices in the vehicles of those who are known to be drunk drivers.
According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), most states have laws [...]
Toyota SUV rollover lawsuit could spark reopening car accident cases
In mystery-novel terms, those hurt in a Toyota SUV rollover accident now may have a “smoking gun.”
That’s because a so-called “whistle blower” has stepped in to tell what he believes is the truth: that Toyota for years tried to keep a lid on investigations which showed why the Japanese automaker’s SUVs were inherently dangerous.
This charge [...]
Car accident insurer’s study shows 4 in 5 favor ban on texting while driving
The “hang up and drive” movement is gaining momentum. With distracted drivers killing and injuring thousands, the feds are holding a summit on the issue this month, and Illinois has joined the ranks of states which ban texting while driving.
Now a new study shows that every other state could fall in line — provided its [...]
