Vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities occur on all types of roads in all types of conditions every day of the year. The sad fact is that approximately 100 people die every day in the U.S. and about three are killed daily in New York state because of traffic crashes. A significant percentage ...

I do not record TV programs and watch them later, skipping through the commercials as many viewers do. Thus, I either watch the commercials or find something else to do while they air. For many years, though, I have wondered why the car ads seem obsessed with speed? Depictions of dangerous ...

New research has revealed the states with the lowest seat belt use on the road, with New Hampshire coming out on top. And that’s not good. The study by Bader Scott, injury lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia, analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to see which ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is urging federal regulators to pick up the pace in issuing a requirement for technology to prevent impaired driving on new passenger vehicles. In 2021, Congress instructed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue a ...

Recently a reader of these weekly columns brought to my attention how many pedestrians are walking in the roads at dusk and at night while wearing dark clothing. Unfortunately, even in our villages, sidewalks are often non-existent or unsafe to walk on, especially in the winter. More often, ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is making it more difficult to earn its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick-Plus awards in 2024, challenging manufacturers to offer better protection for back-seat passengers and improve their pedestrian crash-avoidance systems. Despite the more ...