Major Contributor in Reducing Roadway Fatalities Cited By Highway Improvements
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that roadway deaths in the United States in 2010 fell to 32,885, the lowest level since 1949. The American Traffic Safety Services Association...
View ArticleiPhone App Aims to Reduce Incidences of Drinking and Driving
Innocorp, Ltd’s new iPhone app intoxicheck™ leads users through a simple set of before and after reaction, judgment and memory challenges so drivers clearly see how impaired they are in an effort to...
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More Teens Drink and Drive on New Year’s Eve Than Any Other Holiday
While New Year’s Eve may conjure images of a celebratory toast, it’s also traditionally one of the worst days of the year for alcohol related car crashes and deaths for young drivers. And new data...
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Top AAA State Legislative Safety Priorities Shifted Towards Distracted...
Recent public attention to distracted driving will likely spur additional legislative activity as states convene their 2012 sessions, according to AAA. Laws that ban texting while driving and that...
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Study Shows Passengers Increase Odds of Teen Driver Fatalities
Teenagers have traditionally been the most dangerous drivers on the road, with accident rates four times that of older drivers. A recent AAA study calculates just how their risk of a fatal crash is...
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No Progress in Reducing Motorcyclist Deaths in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) finds that no progress was made in reducing motorcyclist deaths in 2011. Based upon preliminary data from 50...
View ArticleStudy Shows Standardized Laws on Child Booster Seats Would Save Lives
NEW ORLEANS – State laws that mandate car booster seat use for children at least until age 8 are associated with fewer motor vehicle-related fatalities and severe injuries, and should be standardized...
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Data Shows Cellphone Bans Associated with Fewer Urban Accidents
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you’re driving, a study by University of...
View ArticleSeat Belts Remain Best Defense in Auto Crashes
Do you always wear a seat belt when you’re in a car? They are your best defense during a car crash. The primary purpose of the seat belt is to prevent you from being ejected from your car during an...
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Pedestrians at Serious Risk When Drivers are ‘Permitted’ to Turn Left
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A study to examine driver behavior in permitted left turns has identified what researchers call an “alarming” level of risk to pedestrians crossing the street – about 4-9 percent of...
View ArticleWomen With Severe Injuries are Less Likely to be Treated in a Trauma Center...
PHILADELPHIA – Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients. “Gender-based disparities in access...
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Study For AAA Shows Hands-free Talking and Texting are Unsafe
David Strayer, a University of Utah psychology professor, with a driving simulator that was part of a major new study he conducted for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study found that,...
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Medevac Patients Have Higher Survival Rates After Severe Injuries
Patients transferred to hospital via helicopter ambulance tend to have a higher survival rate than those who take the more traditional road route, despite having more severe injuries. The research,...
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Top AAA State Legislative Safety Priorities Shifted Towards Distracted...
Recent public attention to distracted driving will likely spur additional legislative activity as states convene their 2012 sessions, according to AAA. Laws that ban texting while driving and that...
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Study Shows Passengers Increase Odds of Teen Driver Fatalities
Teenagers have traditionally been the most dangerous drivers on the road, with accident rates four times that of older drivers. A recent AAA study calculates just how their risk of a fatal crash is...
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No Progress in Reducing Motorcyclist Deaths in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) finds that no progress was made in reducing motorcyclist deaths in 2011. Based upon preliminary data from 50...
View ArticleStudy Shows Standardized Laws on Child Booster Seats Would Save Lives
NEW ORLEANS – State laws that mandate car booster seat use for children at least until age 8 are associated with fewer motor vehicle-related fatalities and severe injuries, and should be standardized...
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Data Shows Cellphone Bans Associated with Fewer Urban Accidents
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you’re driving, a study by University of...
View ArticleSeat Belts Remain Best Defense in Auto Crashes
Do you always wear a seat belt when you’re in a car? They are your best defense during a car crash. The primary purpose of the seat belt is to prevent you from being ejected from your car during an...
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Pedestrians at Serious Risk When Drivers are ‘Permitted’ to Turn Left
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A study to examine driver behavior in permitted left turns has identified what researchers call an “alarming” level of risk to pedestrians crossing the street – about 4-9 percent of...
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