According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS HLDI), many more men than women die each year in motor vehicle crashes. Suspected reasons include the assumption that men typically drive more miles than women and are more likely to engage in risky driving practices, including […]
Category: Car Accidents
According to Driving-Test’s Ultimate List of Driving Statistics for 2022, 15% of vehicle miles traveled by households were traveling to or from school or church, and on a single day during the 2017-2018 school year, 108,623 school bus drivers across the country reported that 83,944 vehicles passed their stopped school […]
Despite ever-increasing harsh penalties for drinking and driving, the problem of impaired driving is still an exceptionally serious problem on our roadways. Why is that? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every day, 29 people in the U.S. die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an […]
By now, most of us have realized that holiday vacations are anything but. The holiday is there, but the stress of travel, baking, entertaining, talking to relatives you haven’t seen in years, playing referee with the television, and opening gifts that are well-meant but fall way off the mark (like […]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), “[a]pproximately one-third of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States involve drunk drivers (with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher). In 2019, there were 10,142 people killed in these preventable crashes. In fact, on average over the 10-year period from […]
The holidays are already upon us, whether we’re ready or not. Whether you are someone who looks forward to “the most wonderful time of the year,” or you are simply terrified, it’s important to try everything you can to stay safe. The holidays are filled with the three ‘F’s: Fun, […]
Car accidents in West Palm Beach happen for various reasons but most commonly result from the negligence of one of the drivers involved. West Palm Beach sees more than its share of traffic, especially during the tourist season. This traffic inevitably leads to an increased number of accidents. If you’ve […]
As drivers, we have to make quick decisions when faced with a yield/don’t yield situation. All most of us remember is that the “driver on the right has the right of way.” Beyond that, when to yield and when not to yield is a part of driving education that is […]
Road trips are a classic American pastime. A network of highways and super-highways criss-cross the entire country, allowing us to travel almost anywhere. If you’re traveling with kids, it’s a double-edged sword. They typically start hyper-excited but begin to fade into grumpiness as the miles and hours roll by. One […]
A “roundabout,” sometimes referred to as a traffic circle, is a circular intersection designed to improve traffic flow. Drivers enter the roundabout, drive around a center island in a counterclockwise direction, and exit at the desired street, commonly streets on the right and left, streets that continue in the same […]
