Top Motor Vehicle Story of 2011
Of the hundreds of blogs we write each year, hand-down the number one motor vehicle story of the year is about DWD—Driving While Distracted. The National Safety Council estimates that about 23% of all motor vehicle crashes can be attributed to talking on a cell phone or texting while driving. That’s about 1.3 million crashes per year. In fact, just talking on a cell phone—even hands-free phones—increase the risk of a crash fourfold. That statistic makes DWD the biggest motor vehicle story of this year…or any other year in recent memory. (To read any of the blogs, click on the title and you’ll be taken directly to the story.)
- Want to Thwart Teen Texting? There’s an App for That!
- Decide to Drive
- Three Common Mistakes Made by Teen Drivers
- Young Victim Pushes for Cell Phone Ban
- NC Drivers Still Breaking Simple Laws
VIDEOS
In addition to blogs, we also create videos about important health, medical, and legal topics. To see all of our available videos, please visit our YouTube channel here: HensonFuerst YouTube Channel. Here are links to some of our motor vehicle and car wreck videos:
- What to Do If You Are in a Car Wreck
- How Much Car Insurance Should I Get?
- Do You Need To Hire a Lawyer after a Car Wreck?
- What to Keep in the Trunk of Your Car to Prepare for a Wreck
- Why Motorcycle Wreck Cases Are Different from Car Wreck Cases
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Ahh… you know summer is almost over when the Labor Day festivities begin. And today, the “festivity” in question is the annual Booze It & Lose It campaign by the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP).
Want to totally eliminate motor vehicle fatalities in North Carolina? Dr. Herb Garrison, head of the East Carolina Injury Prevention Program, knows how…and he has outlined his methods in the latest issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal. The article, written with coauthor Jennifer Smith, is titled:
Road statistics show that of all normal (and legal) driving maneuvers, the most dangerous is something we do every day: Making a left turn. Studies of intersection wrecks show that making a right turn caused only 4% of collisions, but making a left turn caused a whopping 50% of intersection collisions. The reason has to do with the multiple factors that have to be considered to make a left turn successfully, including traffic from three different directions, estimating speed of cars traveling straight across the intersection, and estimating the amount of time your car will need to cross the intersection, among others.