There are many steps you can take to better protect yourself when driving, with becoming a defensive driver at the top of the list. There’s a good chance you’re already taking some steps to drive in a defensive manner. However, if you adjust your style a little bit...
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Dining and driving: A never-ending danger
Driving and distractions seem to go hand in hand. No matter the amount of caution that makes it to public awareness, drivers remain convinced they have the skill necessary to drive safely while completing other tasks from behind the wheel. While digital electronics...
Are you recklessly driving?
Almost all experienced drivers all believe that they are good drivers. When someone goes years without ever getting into an accident, it is easy for them to think that they are good drivers. After so much time, even the best drivers can pick up bad habits. Have you...
Speed cameras are just one piece of the safety puzzle
When you’re working in a work zone on a major highway or street, the last thing you want is for a driver to enter that work zone and hit you. Unfortunately, that is one of the major concerns that construction workers and highway workers may have. One of the ways that...
Four types of hidden injuries of car accidents
When the victim of a car accident can walk away with no visible injuries, it can seem like a miracle. Unfortunately, situations like this can also be too good to be true. Many injuries can go unseen and lead to disastrous consequences. Nonfatal injuries are more...
The emotional impact of a pedestrian accident
When it comes to the consequences of a pedestrian accident, every victim finds themselves in a unique position. Some people have an extremely hard time with the physical impact of an accident, while others struggle with financial issues. However, the emotional toll is...
IIHS: rear car seat safety lags behind front seats
Residents of Illinois who own a newer vehicle can see how safe the front seats have become. Many come with crash tensioners, which tighten the seat belt the moment a crash occurs, and force limiters, which unspool webbing from the seat belt to reduce the force of...
Driver negligence can occur in many different ways
Car accidents generally involve one or more negligent parties. To be found legally negligent in an accident, a motorist must have had and violated a duty of care to the victim. Furthermore, a negligent party must have caused a victim to incur losses that were directly...
Fatal car crash risk goes up even in light rain
The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society has published the results of a study that shows how even light rain can raise the risk of a fatal car crash. Illinois residents should know that this study uses precise data that previous studies of weather-related...
Car manufacturer aims to stop drunk drivers
One automaker is emphasizing an unusual selling point for its future autonomous technology: the ability to stop drunk drivers. Despite widespread public awareness campaigns and intensified law enforcement activity against driving under the influence, drunk driving...
