More than 20,000 Americans are rushed to emergency rooms each year after sustaining carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, and many of these emergency cases arise in the wintertime.1 In fact, winter is generally the season when people’s risk of CO poisoning sharply increases due to the increased use of wood-burning and/or fuel-burning appliances for warmth. This, [...]
Winter weather can provide a lovely background for holiday celebrations. It can also make the road and driving conditions far more challenging for both cars and drivers, as the extreme cold can negatively impact some major vehicle systems and equipment. By taking the steps (discussed below) to winterize your vehicle, however, you can minimize your [...]
Technological advancements have been pivotal to enhancing vehicle safety. Not all new vehicle technologies, however, end up having the impacts automakers expect, as some may actually contribute to driver negligence and increase the risk of a collision, a few recent studies have revealed. In fact, two such technologies that have recently come under fire include: [...]
Halloween is here, and millions of children across the U.S. are getting ready to hit the streets and start collecting goodies. While Halloween can be a fun time for children and parents, however, it is also a time when children face a far greater risk of being in a pedestrian accident. In fact, according to [...]
Driving and vehicle laws are generally intended to protect motorists and reduce the risks they face or present to others on the road. Some laws that are on the books in the U.S., however, are outdated or just plain bizarre, and we’ll point out just a handful of these below These Odd Laws May Make [...]
In a few days, federal transportation safety officials will be kicking off National Teen Driver Safety Week, an annual campaign that is dedicated to educating parents and teen drivers about: Parents, next week is National Teen Driver Safety Week. Here’s what the NHTSA is encouraging you to discuss with your teen drivers, a Kingston [...]
Filing auto accident claims is something most drivers end up doing after traffic collisions. For many people, however, filing these claims is not something they regularly do. This can end up meaning that they accidentally do – or do not do – certain things that could ultimately reduce the compensation they end up getting. The [...]
Nearly one year ago, regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a national recall for faulty Takata airbags. Impacting roughly 23.4 million vehicles in the U.S., this recall has been slow to remedy the issue that creates a risk of these airbags rupturing and, in doing so, possibly shooting small pieces of [...]
A new patent secured by Allstate could allow the company to spy on drivers Newer vehicles are equipped with various sensors and cameras, and these are often associated with crash prevention technologies, like automatic braking or blind spot warning alerts. One insurance provider may soon be using these systems in another way, however, [...]
Slipping and falling sends about 1 million people to the emergency room each year. While some of these accidents only result in minor injuries, in many cases, people end up with more serious impairments that require longer term care. These impacts can be that much more difficult to overcome when the accident may have been [...]