Lane splitting is the practice of motorcyclists passing slower moving cars by riding in between them. Right now, California has taken a major step forward as far as officially allowing lane splitting. A new bill makes California the first state in the country to make lane splitting legal. The bill was prompted after a citizen’s… Read More »
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Be Aware of Extra Accident Risk Around Daylight Savings Time
As we get ready to change the clocks on November 6th, the daylight savings time might actually cost you more than an extra hour or lost hour of sleep. According to some research out of the University of Colorado at Boulder, there is an increase in fatal motor vehicle accidents in the days surrounding the… Read More »
Study Shows That Distracted Driving Can Also Impact the Negligent Driver’s Stress Levels and the Body
Research out of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute has taken a different approach to the exploration of distracted driving by attempting to uncover how it influences the affected driver’s own personality, anxiety and physical response. It turns out that people get stressed out when attempting to accomplish several things at once which is certainly… Read More »
California’s Route 99 Named as the Most Dangerous Roadway in the United States
A new report released by Value Penguin indicates that Highway 99 in California is the most dangerous roadway across the entire country. That road saw more than 62 deadly crashes for every 100 miles of road. Despite the fact that this is a shorter highway than many others included in the study, the most fatal… Read More »
Is Air Pollution Contributing to Rising Numbers of Car Accidents?
A new research study from the London School of Economics indicates that after looking at 5 years of data when the air levels of nitrogen dioxide increased by just 1 microgram for each cubic meter, the number of vehicle collisions also increased by 2%. The researchers also adjusted for extra traffic and determined that the… Read More »
Drunken Driving Deaths All Too Common for States with Big Populations Like California
Research from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that individuals in a single driver crash are 3 times more likely to die when driving with a 0.08 blood alcohol content when compared with those drivers who have a 0% blood alcohol content. Those individuals who are driving behind the wheel of a car while… Read More »
New Study Shows That Bicycle Helmets Associated with Serious Decrease in Head Injury Crash Risks
Australian researchers have completed a study that indicates that wearing a bicycle helmet may reduce the risk of a critical head injury by as much as 70%. Unfortunately, individuals involved in a bicycle accident in California may be thrown from the bike and are more likely to sustain critical head injuries than an individual inside… Read More »
Tips for Preventing Back to School Accidents
With more children now on the roads headed back to school, it is important to always be aware of the risk of striking children and other pedestrians standing around bus stops. Be aware of the fact that buses use their flashing lights and sounds to indicate that they are stopping to either let children on… Read More »
New Heart Correcting Device Could Increase Car Accident Risks
A new study designed to help patients with irregular heartbeats may have a higher risk of being injured in motor vehicle accidents. Patients afflicted with arrhythmia may be given an implanted device called a cardioverter defibrillator. Researchers identified that the risk of car accidents increased by 50% in patients with that device. Although further research… Read More »
New Study Says Automatic Brakes Are Not Guaranteed to Protect You
Research from the AAA Auto Club identifies that the automatic braking systems in many vehicles that will soon be standard across all cars are not actually guaranteed to bring the vehicle to a full and complete stop. One Florida-based organization identified that a test of five separate 2016 model year vehicles with these emergency braking… Read More »