You might be aware of the Drinking Driver Program in New York state, but it has been expanded with a new name — the Impaired Driver Program. Why did the name change? Because of drugs. Here’s how it works. If you are convicted of an alcohol or drug-related driving violation, your license ...

A strong New York State Police crackdown over the July 4th weekend (July 3 to 6) resulted in 10,497 tickets. The campaign included sobriety checkpoints, more DWI patrols and an extra eye out for people illegally using electronic devices while driving, according to an article from the NBC ...

Pavement markings make driving on highways safer, and drivers find it easier to drive on roads with yellow passing/no passing lines and white edge lines. The first lane and center-line markings were introduced more than 110 years ago. Painted centerlines were first used in the United States ...

I ride a bicycle — not a lot, but in the summer I like to ride for the exercise it provides, and to enjoy the scenery at 10 mph rather than at 55. I don’t ride far, nor do I ride every day, but I do ride on some state highways and town and county roads. In case you are wondering, it’s not ...

Today’s passenger vehicles generally are stylish, sleek and aerodynamic. But six of the top-selling vehicles have a major design flaw — forward blind zones. According to a comparison technique developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the forward blind zones grew ...

The last time I wrote about road rage was about two years ago, when I cited research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety that found unsafe driving behaviors rose from 2020 to 2021. That survey study also showed that road rage is a growing concern, with 23% of drivers surveyed admitting ...