Many traffic rules vary from state-to-state: wearing a helmet, placement of children, even chatting on a cell phone can be illegal once you hit the state border.
Many of these laws or rules are in place to avoid Florida car accidents (such as age restrictions and drunk driving laws), or to reduce the injuries and deaths [...]
Car accidents seem to be on the rise in many states, and there are countless reasons for this. One of the biggest problems that people face on the roadways is distracted driving. Even though you might be a conscientious driver, countless others on the road are driving without paying full attention to their surroundings. Perhaps [...]
Driving while talking on a cell phone has become the No. 1 safety problem on roads and highways, a new survey shows.
Not far behind was texting while driving. Together, text messaging and cell phoning drew almost 40 percent of the responses.
Separately, both problems outweighed last year’s main concern, which was speeding and aggressive driving, according [...]
Today’s SUVs and pickups pose far less risk to people in cars and minivans than previous generations, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
Until recently, SUVs and pickups were more likely than cars or minivans of the same weight to be involved in crashes that killed occupants of other cars or [...]
The national need to text and talk on handheld portable devices may be more of a obsessive-compulsive disorder rather than an addiction, a new study suggests.
Researchers now are talking about the handheld devices in terms of obsession and addiction — with the potential for disaster when combined with motor vehicle operation.
Brains of many cell-phone-using young [...]
Alberta is the eighth Canadian province to enact a distracted driving law but its new rules are among the most comprehensive in North America, not only prohibiting texting and the use of handheld cell phones, but also grooming and reading while driving.
The new Alberta distracted driving law goes into effect Sept. 1. The fine is [...]
The Florida Highway Patrol is currently participating in the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign through Labor Day, joining thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation to reduce the number of impaired drivers on Florida’s roadways in an effort to save lives.
“Drunk driving is simply not worth the [...]
A new survey shows drivers not only love to bring their dogs in the car, but often engage in risky behaviors when man’s best friend is along for the ride.
Seventy-eight million dogs reside in more than 46 million U.S. households, according to the American Pet Products Association, and an increasing number of these furry companions [...]
Speed cameras in urban areas saves lives and money, according to the results of a new study.
Injury is the leading cause of death among people up to the age of 45 worldwide, with injuries sustained as a result of road traffic accidents accounting for more premature deaths than either heart disease or cancer.
Around 1.3 million [...]
Increased law enforcement coupled with high-profile public education campaigns and tough laws have proved very effective in reducing distracted driving in two Northeastern cities, transportation officials say.
The two pilot projects in Syracuse, N.Y. and Hartford, Conn., each supported by $200,000 in federal funds and $100,000 from the state, examined whether increased police enforcement along with [...]