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Avoiding Accidents with Big Rigs
If you’ve traveled down many highways surrounded by big rigs, you’ve probably thought about your own mortality many times. While a number of responsible big rig drivers slide behind the wheel every day, many other large trucks are driven by road hogs who show little respect for the much smaller vehicles all around them. Although [...]
Ford Issues Massive Recall of 4.5 Million Vehicles
22. October 2009
When an automotive company decides to initiate a recall, it usually means that the potential costs of allowing the models in question to remain on the road could be higher than the financial exposure the company would face by simply paying some of the claims brought against it when defective models lead to problems for [...]
Pedestrians Beware: How to Avoid Harm When Crossing the Street
18. August 2009
Far too many news stories revolve around pedestrians who’ve been injured or killed while simply trying to cross a Sacramento street. In fact, Americans everywhere face similar dangers each day. Careless car and truck drivers, often foolishly interacting with their cell phones, put everyone at risk. They cut corners sharply and rarely glance to see [...]
440,000 Honda Vehicles Recalled
31. July 2009
Honda is one of the leading automotive companies in the world, and despite the horrific downturn within the automotive market in general in recent months, Honda has held strong while other companies have suffered. However, the company took a drastic step today by recalling 440,000 vehicles because of a defect present in the airbag systems. [...]
When Cell Phones Turn Deadly
31. July 2009
If we fail to come up with new, meaningful restrictions on driving while talking on cell phones, far too many of us may wind up seriously injured or killed in auto accidents. While we may be old enough to drive, we don’t seem to have the necessary patience to drive a bit further (in non-emergency [...]
Accident Fatalities: The Threats Posed by Text-Messaging
13. July 2009
Text messaging while driving has become such a serious road safety threat that California passed a law making it illegal back on January 1, 2009. www.dmv.ca.gov/cellularphonelaws Unfortunately, text messaging still remains a menace. One 2009 Sacramento accident involved a truck driver who allegedly caused a three-car accident by text messaging just before rear-ending one car [...]
Federal Judge in Sacramento Refuses to Dismiss Greyhound Lawsuits
8. July 2009
Safety on buses has always been an issue in terms of safety and legality in the United States, and this is particularly true on commercial bus lines such as Greyhound. The reason is that when bus accidents occur, several people tend to get seriously injured or worse, and one of the reasons is that most [...]
Reason Texting While Driving is Illegal is Reinforced in Morning Crash
27. June 2009
There are many traffic laws that people do not generally follow – passing on the right, speeding and talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device come to mind – and texting while driving is a recent addition to the ‘do nots’ of California driving. However, like the other laws mentioned, people continue to [...]
Rubber-necking – Dangerous Activity to Avoid
12. June 2009
We have all seen either an accident occur or the immediate aftermath of a crash, and it’s a natural human tendency to slow down and take a look at what’s happening. In common parlance, it’s known as ‘rubber-necking,’ which describes the manner in which drivers will stop or slow down their own vehicles to peer [...]
Deadly Crash a Reminder for the Need for Defensive Driving
3. June 2009
Driving at night is often more difficult than day driving for several reasons. Not only is visibility much more limited relative to daylight hours, but it seems that more reckless drivers are on the road than at any other point during the day, whether alcohol is involved or not. As such, we all need to [...]
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