There seem to be more and more pickup trucks and jeeps driving on streets, roads and highways with an off-road light bar mounted on the roof and the lights illuminated. This is illegal. Off-road light bars themselves are not illegal, but driving on any public roadway with the lights on is ...

Many advanced technologies can reduce the number of lives lost on U.S. roads, but full or partial automation is not a silver bullet for safety, David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing March 7. “We firmly believe in ...

The Adirondack Northway (I-87) is four lanes, two in each direction, north of Lake George — but six lanes south of that village. As you drive where this highway is six lanes, do you drive in the center lane most of the time, unless you are passing another vehicle? If so, you are likely ...

Exit numbers on interstate highways like the Northway and the Thruway in New York state are numbered sequentially, starting at exit 1 and continuing sequentially to the end of the interstate highway or until it gets to another state’s border. For example, the Northway begins in Albany at an ...

It seems that more and more drivers are complaining of headlight glare, but is it getting worse or is it just a perception? I was recently sent an article from the Albany Times Union that addressed this issue. The following information is from that article. According to Dr. John Bullough of ...

Although these weekly traffic safety columns are dedicated to reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities, I always hesitate to tell drivers to do this and don’t do that, because I fully believe most drivers know how to drive safely. The problem is that, because we drive for years and for ...