The dangers of texting while driving are widely known. Any parent of a teenager can attest to how often the words “do not text while you drive” are drilled into the heads of young drivers. Then, why are adults still doing it? A case of “do as I say, not as I do”? According to…
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Government regulators have long been alarmed by the fact that the number one killer of teens remains car crashes. Among the risk factors are: driver fatigue cell phone use night time driving driving with multiple teenage passengers According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), teens are more likely to takes risks such as…
Continue readingText messaging on the road is a recipe for disaster. Dialing on the cell phone is not far behind. In the Wall Street Journal’s “CARS” section, a recent piece in “Eyes on the Road” looked at differences between older and younger motorists. The WSJ noted “older drivers often know how to manage distraction better than…
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The Wall Street Journal reports that the major auto insurance company which insures about one in five cars on American roads, recently reviewed its auto accident data from 2003 to 2007 and discovered that the number of claims for injury or collision damage involving drivers age 16 to 17 was 20% higher in October than…
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