Adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010, which amounts to almost 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day, according to a new study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey for this new study.
“The four million [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Orlando is the most dangerous city and Florida the most dangerous state for pedestrians in America, according to a new study.
Approximately 557 pedestrians were killed in Orlando between 2000 and 2009, according to a new report released this week by Transportation for America. Rounding out the top four in the nation are three other Florida [...]
Despite national campaigns aimed at decreasing distracted driving in this country, people still seem to find plenty of other things to do while driving.
The survey of 1,500 drivers by Insurance.com reveals some disturbing news about driver safety, with many respondents admitting to behaviors known to raise the risk of deadly car accidents.
Almost 9 percent admit [...]
Teen drivers who start school earlier in the morning are at increased risk for vehicle crashes, according to a new study.
Researchers compared the crash rates for teen drivers in two adjacent Virginia cities in 2007 and 2008. Results indicate that in 2008 the weekday crash rate for 16- to 18-year-olds was about 41 percent higher [...]
All-terrain vehicle injuries involving youth under age 16 have declined 14 percent, a statistically significant number according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Total ATV-related injuries in 2009 decreased 2.4 percent from 2008, the third consecutive decline in total number of deaths since 2006, which accounts for a total 16 percent decrease during that period. In [...]
Despite warnings about the dangers of mixing alcohol and energy drinks, combining the two is still a popular cocktail for young people, according to a new study.
In the wake of multiple state bans on caffeinated alcoholic beverages and an U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to four companies to remove their products from the marketplace, [...]
Motorcycle helmets not only reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, but new research shows they also lower the risk of cervical spine injury, which can lead to paralysis.
For more than two decades, the researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say, activists lobbying against universal helmet laws have cited a [...]
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