With more free time not their hands, teens drive more often during the summer months which can increase their risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the number of crash incidents involving teens goes up dramatically and, unfortunately, sometimes teens and other motorists are injured or killed.… Read More »
Texting While Driving an Automatic Moving Violation July 1
July 1, drivers texting, talking or using any hand held device behind the wheel in Illinois will be ticketed with a moving violation. Let three violations stack up, and Illinois drivers will lose their license for a 12 month period. Although Illinois banned texting while driving years ago, lawmakers included a provision which gave first-time… Read More »
Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Accidents Highest in 30 Years
While the number of motor vehicle traffic deaths involving drivers and passengers has decreased over the last decade, 2018 is projected to have the greatest number of pedestrian accidents since 1990. Over 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle accidents last year alone. More than a third of pedestrian fatalities across the nation occurred on… Read More »
NTSB Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released their most wanted list of transportation safety improvements all in hopes of preventing accidents, minimizing injuries and saving lives. Among their recommendations directed at states and other agencies for implementation is eliminating distractions and ending alcohol and other impairments to make highways safer for everyone. Not surprisingly,… Read More »
Driving and Netflix Don’t Mix
Many car accidents happen due to distracted driving, typically caused by paying attention to other passengers in the car, eating or drinking, and more recently, texting or using social media while operating a motor vehicle. However, a Minnesota driver took distracted driving to a new level of carelessness when she crashed her car while watching… Read More »
Distracted Driving Accidents in the Age of Technology
In what is believed to be the first pedestrian death associated with a self-driving technology, an autonomous car struck and killed an Arizona woman in a crosswalk last month, resulting in the suspension of the self- driving program in the area. As technology progresses at lightning speed, society has realized many improvements, however, when it… Read More »
Law Enforcement Targeting the Fatal Four | Speeding, DUI, Seatbelts & Distracted Driving
During the holiday season, troopers with the Illinois state police will be out in force on the look out for ” Fatal Four” moving violations, which include speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, not wearing seat belts and distracted driving. Iowa troopers also plan to be on the look out for the… Read More »
A New Tool in The War Against Distracted Driving
Lawmakers in New York would like to give officers a new tool in their war against distracted driving, which injures thousands of motorists in related motor vehicle accidents every year. Breathalyzer, meet the textalyzer…part of a new generation of gadgets aimed at keeping drivers on the straight and narrow. Equipped with the textalyzer, lawmakers envsion… Read More »