There are many strategies included in what is known as “defensive driving”. Some of these strategies include having proper hand position on the steering wheel, keeping a safe following distance, and successfully scanning the road ahead. You may have learned these strategies in drivers education class when you first got your license or maybe you […]
In a recent posting on our site we discussed a Texas A&M Transportation Institute study that showed that hands free technology may not be the safer alternative that it is made out to be when behind the wheel (Read post here). And now a recent study sponsored by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety further […]
In a recent survey commissioned by Ford Motor Company, many teens admitted to engaging in distracted driving activities while behind the wheel. A whopping 62 percent of 500 teen-age drivers admitted to being distracted by passengers in their vehicle. While 51 percent of teens surveyed said they use an .MP3 player or an iPod while […]
As the use of text messages, or texting, grows in popularity, the number of text messages sent and the number of motor vehicle crashes related to texting is also growing. Statistics from the wireless association CTIA show that in a ten-year span, the rate of texting has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2012, there […]
February marks one of the two months each year that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) raises awareness through its Click It of Ticket campaign to encourage teenage drivers to buckle up before driving. High schools across the state will be receiving campaign awareness materials this month that will be put up in prominent areas […]
Texting While Driving Ban 2012 If you remember, during the last legislative session, a texting while driving ban law was successfully passed through both the House and Senate, but was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry. At the time, Gov. Perry took the position that awareness about distracted driving and the possible consequences should be made […]
