After teenagers get their driver's licenses, they often just want to grab the keys and get behind the wheel without a care in the world. Unfortunately, teen drivers have a higher risk for being in a car accident so this care-free behavior can be very dangerous. A new...
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The new trend in distracted driving: the selfie
Since cell phones have become popular in the last decade for more than just business people, people have started to use them throughout the day, including while behind the wheel of their cars. First, talking on a cell phone while driving was a large cause of...
The end of Daylight Saving Time increases pedestrian accidents
When we set our clocks back one hour last weekend, many of us noticed the night coming earlier than last week, and our commutes may have been a bit darker. According to a report, Daylight Saving Time ending causes pedestrian accidents across the country to increase....
Is world without car accidents possible with driverless cars?
If 90 percent of car accidents are caused by human error, might it make sense to take the human variable out of driving? Car companies are getting closer each year to making this a reality. Although there is still a lot of development, testing, and cost reduction that...
Backup car accidents preventable, policies remain unchanged
When a person goes to pick out a new car, they have many safety options to choose from. These options don't come standard on many vehicles, but could help prevent serious car accidents. Backup cameras, backup sensors, lane-departure warning and prevention systems, and...
Tired teens more likely to cause car accidents
Teenagers and young adults across the country are often staying up late, playing video games or cramming for tests. Some of them are getting less than six hours of sleep at night, and a new study has found that those operating on less than six hours of sleep have a...
Feds to make guidelines for car electronics
Over the last decade, the amount of technology put into new cars has been steadily increasing. With increasing technology comes an increase in the number of things that can distract a person in their car. Whether it is air conditioning controls, the radio, music...
Eagle Ford Shale: Deadly wrecks went up dramatically last year
As Jennifer Hiller reports for the San Antonio Express-News, fatal car wrecks in the Eagle Ford Shale area went up 40 percent in 2012. In some South Texas counties, like Karnes County, the number of collisions with trucks went up 1,000 percent. The president of the...
Safe-driving tips for Christmas Eve
As we wrote last week, Allstate Insurance says that Christmas Eve is the worst day for the number of auto accident claims in Texas. It spikes at 22 percent on December 24, making it the worst day among five for Texas drivers. In an effort to help Texans avoid a car...
Allstate: Christmas Eve is the worst day for number of auto accidents
According to auto insurance company Allstate, four of the five days for the highest number of car accident claims in Texas take place in the month of December. One of them is Christmas Eve. The owner of an Allstate agency in San Antonio, Texas, speculated as to why...