Florida’s traffic fatality rate decreased to its lowest rate on record in 2010, according to the most recent statewide traffic crash statistics report.
The overall fatality rate dropped to 1.25 deaths for every 100 million miles vehicles traveled in 2010 while the total number of statewide traffic deaths decreased 4.6 percent from 2,565 in 2009 to [...]
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 [...]
Car accidents are a daily occurrence, but many people believe it could never happen to them. No one goes out in the morning with thoughts of getting into an accident running through their mind. However, accidents can and do happen all the time, and that means that you have to pay extra attention when you [...]
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 [...]
More than 50 percent of adult drivers in the United States admit to talking on a non hands-free cellphone while behind the wheel, a new poll shows.
But that’s not the only thing distracting drivers these days. A new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll shows that 86 percent of drivers are eating and drinking; 41 percent are setting [...]
Almost all drivers feel drowsy driving is dangerous, but nearly a third admitted to driving under drowsy conditions in a recent survey.
According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety‘s 2011 safety culture survey, 96 percent of drivers agree that driving while dangerous is unacceptable, but 32 percent say they had a hard time keeping their [...]
Nearly 30 percent of American drivers have admitted to falling asleep at the wheel, according to a recent National Sleep Foundation poll, and more than half said they have driven while drowsy.
Maybe it’s happened to you. You end up at your destination and don’t even remember much of the drive. You jerk awake when you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]