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Safety on the Roads, by Dave Werner

Is your teenager ready for a car? Read this first

With high school graduation close and either college or a job around the corner for teenagers, many parents want the right car for their teen — considering both safety and cost. Each year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety compiles a list of both used and new vehicles, including ...

The most dangerous time to drive

This column is not about Vehicle and Traffic Law or even about traffic safety, except to keep you off the roads during the deadliest times. New research has revealed that, on average, the most dangerous time to drive in America is between 6 and 7 p.m. on any Saturday during the year, and in ...

Distracted driving is more prevalent now than before pandemic

In an article by Daniel Vock, senior reporter for Route Fifty, American drivers have been more distracted by their phones in the last few years, and that appears to have contributed to a recent surge in traffic deaths. Route Fifty is a news publication owned by GovExec, the market-leading ...

Emergency crews cope with cocooned drivers

I was recently sent a video of an NBC news clip on some of the critical issues that emergency responders are dealing with. When they are dispatched to an emergency, response time is critical. It can mean the difference between life and death, or a small fire growing exponentially, or perhaps ...

Impaired driving solution is within reach

Making roads safer often involves doing a lot of little things. There’s no single reason crashes occur and no single way to protect people from death and injury, says David Zuby, executive vice president and chief research officer at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). ...

1951 New York driver’s manual is interesting reading

The New York State Driver’s Manual is revised from time to time as new vehicle and traffic laws are added and others are changed. The 1951 state driver’s manual has some very interesting information, dating back over 70 years ago. It is half the size of today’s manual, with only 39 pages, ...