National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
New data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows a worrying increase in fatal car accidents on roads in Illinois and across the country. The numbers reflect changes in driving…
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Automobile manufacturers are now developing autonomous vehicles that promise to save thousands of lives. Despite auto safety advances, each year, more than 30,000 people lose their lives in car accidents. Most of those crashes are attributable…
Continue ReadingTexting while driving is a major safety issue for teens and adults. Now, the insurance company Esurance is introducing a program that parents can use to limit their children’s cell phone use while they are behind…
Continue ReadingSome proponents of self-driving cars have predicted that they would be available to consumers this decade. After all, Google already has a fleet of functional vehicles that can move through traffic without a human driver, and…
Continue ReadingAn analysis of car crash data by the National Safety Council shows that traffic fatalities where drivers were on the phone are seriously underreported. According to the NSC, a nonprofit advocacy organization, the underreporting makes distracted…
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