Many people focus their attention on the problem of driving drunk through social media campaigns. And while drunk driving is a very important issue, a new online driving campaign against fatigued drivers has been gaining traction. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates fatigued driving is responsible for more than 1.2 million car accidents each...
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We Used to Care About Traffic Deaths…What Happened?
According to Greater Greater Washington, not much had changed in the last 90 years regarding traffic statistics. A traffic report from 1928 show the same problems still exist in today’s statistics, including: Traffic deaths were decreasing over time, but the number of deaths was still high Distracted driving was a big cause of...
Read MoreAuthorities Stumped On How One Car Landed On Top of Another
When authorities in Baltimore arrived at the scene of a vehicle accident, they were a little surprised at what they saw. An SUV was flipped upside down, but was balancing on top of a parked car, roof-to-roof. According to the report, the accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the SUV ran a red light....
Read MoreVirginia Emergency Vehicle Driver Kills a Woman in Fatal Car Crash
Earlier this month, an emergency vehicle began heading southbound towards an intersection at Virginia Beach. Another car at the time was turning left going northbound when it was violently struck by the EMS vehicle. To be specific, the EMS vehicle was an SUV zone vehicle, not an ambulance. Zone vehicles are not used to...
Read MoreDrunk Driver Causes Two Separate Accidents, Injures 14
Last year, a firefighter of 40 years of experience said he witnessed one of the most horrific accident scenes in his career. 14 people were seriously injured and five suffered fatalities in the accident, including an elderly couple, a 6-year-old girl, the drunk driver who caused the accident and a pregnant woman who lost...
Read MoreD.C. Winter Weather Caused More Than 100 Car Accidents in One Day
Last month alone, traffic was at a standstill for more than nine hours, hundreds of drivers were stranded and more than 100 car accidents happened in one day. Even worse, all this damage occurred with just one inch of snow. The roads were so cold that this thin layer of snow instantly froze when it...
Read MoreIt’s “Pothole Season” in Washington. Do You Know How to File a Claim?
It’s that time of year again. The recent rain and snow leaks into the underlying soil beneath the asphalt. The soil weakens and, next thing you know, there are miniature craters on the streets that are just waiting to damage your tires, rims, suspension, alignment or cause an accident. This is what residents...
Read More4 Traffic Myths Debunked (We Wish More Knew About No. 3)
List of Traffic Myths That Are Not True 1) More roads mean less traffic. Perhaps the oldest traffic myth is that building more roads will lead to less congestion. This is a logical belief, because, for instance, if there are 200 cars packed into a highway lane, then building a second lane should mean there’s 100...
Read MoreAs More Automakers Add Automatic Braking, How Will Safety Improve?
As drivers, we have all been there, something or someone causing you to have to brake suddenly, from debris unexpectedly flying onto the road to another vehicle pulling out or braking abruptly to a jaywalker. It is one of those situations where if you react even a split second too late, lives, including those...
Read MoreWoman, Dog Killed in Maryland EMS Crash
CBS Washington reported that a woman and her dog were killed in a crash involving an EMS vehicle on August 20 in Owings Mills. According to the news source, a supervisor with Baltimore County Emergency Medical Services was responding to a priority call when his vehicle collided with a car at around 3 p.m. It...
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