Pedestrians are more in danger on the roads today than they have been in the past 30 years. That was the conclusion of the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). They recently released a new fatality report for 2018, which showed a gradually rising trend in…
Sunroofs are becoming more and more popular. According to a recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the sunroof market size is increasing every year, with not only more sunroofs, but larger sunroofs appearing on more and more vehicles. In 2015, market…
April 20th is a holiday for marijuana fans, often called the “4/20 high holiday.” Believed to have been started during a Grateful Dead concert, it’s now celebrated by college students and marijuana enthusiasts who gather at 4:20 p.m. on April 20th to smoke marijuana or…
According to research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), backup cameras increase safety, but some work better than others. The IIHS worked with the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) and found that the combination of a rear view camera, rear parking sensors, and…
We’ve been reading about distracted driving for a while now and we know that using a cell phone behind the wheel is dangerous. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that each day in the U.S., about 9 people are killed and more than…
On October 15, 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched its second annual National Teen Driver Safety Week. The purpose of the event was to encourage parents to talk to their teens “about the important rules they need to follow to stay safe”…
When we think of distracted driving, we usually think of cell phones and tablets, texting, talking on the phone, and perusing the Internet. But according to recent research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the University of Utah, we now need to expand…