Every minute of every single day, someone is involved in an auto accident. Every sixteen minutes an accident results in a fatality. This week and every week, parents should be talking to their teens about the rules of the road and the measures they should be taking to keep themselves and others safe. Why? It’s…
Whether you are at the deli counter at the supermarket, in the waiting room at the dentist’s office or sharing a quiet dinner at your local Italian restaurant, you are likely surrounded by people texting or talking into their concealed headsets to someone miles away. But even the staunchest defender of today’s plugged-in, always-on lifestyle…
A new study indicates that your collision risk is 23 times greater when you text behind the wheel. The researchers in that study equipped trucks with video cameras that showed the drivers looking at their phones for nearly five seconds per text ― at highway speeds, this amounts to driving the length of a football…
At some point, we have all driven while tired. If you are eager to get to your destination, do you pull over and rest? Or, do you keep driving? New evidence suggests that drowsy driving can be lethal. Do yourself — and everyone else on the road — a favor and rest up before getting…
