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Consumer Reports: Thinking Cars Could Eliminate 8 of 10 Wrecks

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

With V2X, your car frantically flashes a red warning light on your dashboard, warning of your of the impending danger and giving you time to respond appropriately by hitting your brakes. Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged auto safety, car safety, car to car communication, communicating cars, Consumer Reports, CR, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, safer car, safer cars, safer vehicles, Safety, V2V, V2X |

U.S. DOT Offers Distracted Driving Guidelines to Automakers

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Cecil Helton

The guidelines unveiled today are voluntary, but USDOT hopes manufacturers will put them into practice to help limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged automotive entertainment, barack obama, car entertainment, cell phone, cellular phones, distracted driving, distraction, driver distraction, entertainment devices, federal bureaucracy, federal government, infotainment, mobile, mobile phone, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, President Obama, United States Department of Transportation, US DOT |

How Insurance Companies Determine Policy Premiums

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Cecil Helton

When an insurance company offers you a premium, they are basing it on a variety of factors. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged auto claim, auto insurance, auto insurance policy, auto insurance rates, automobile claim, car insurance, car insurance policy, car safety, car safety ratings, car value, claim history, claims, claims history, CLUE, comprehensive loss underwriting exchange, cost of repairs, Crash testing, credit, credit history, credit score, driving record, IIHS, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Insurance policy, insurance score, motor vehicle record, MVR, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, parts availability, policy, poor driving record, safety equipment, safety features, safety ratings |

NHTSA: Chevy Volt Safe, No Extra Fire Risk

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Cecil Helton

The most distressing thing for GM has likely been the inability of the Volt to catch fire in terms of sales to consumers in the United States. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged chevrolet, Chevrolet Volt, chevy, Chevy Volt, electric car, electric cars, electric vehicle, EVs, general motors, GM, government regulators, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, NHTSA investigation, safety defect, safety defect investigation, volt |

NADA: New Fuel Economy Standards Harmful to Consumers

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Cecil Helton

How many people will no longer be able to afford a new vehicle if the government raises the price of a new car by about $3,000? Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged auto manufacturers, auto manufacturing, Congress, Don Chalmers, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, NADA, National Automobile Dealers Association, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, new car, new car sales, new cars, NHTSA |

American Attitudes on Distracted Driving via Cell Phones

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Cecil Helton

When asked how they thought their own driving changed when they were sending text messages or e-mails, 25 percent said it makes no difference. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged cell phone, cell phone ban, cell phone usage, cell phones and driving, cell phones while driving, driver distraction, driver distractions, driver distrations, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA |

How Many Drivers are Using Cell Phones Behind the Wheel?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Cecil Helton

Nearly one of every ten vehicles on the road is being driven by someone who’s on the phone. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged bluetooth, bluetooth headset, cell phone, cell phones and driving, cell phones while driving, cellular phone, mobile phone, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Occupant Protection Use Survey, NHTSA, NOPUS, phone calls, smart phone, text messaging, texting, texting bans, texting while driving |

Why Do Cellphones Contribute to Accidents So Often?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Cecil Helton

It isn’t just drivers that can be distracted by cell phones. Pedestrians can also fall victim to being distracted by them, too. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged cell phone, cellphone, Distracted, distracted driver, distracted driving, distracted while driving, distraction, distractions, driver distraction, driver distractions, handheld, handheld device, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, national transportation safety board, NHTSA, NTSB, phone, smart phones, Smartphone |

Do Race and Sex Impact Drunk Driving Rates?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Cecil Helton

A close examination of drunken driving statistics introduces a few interesting angles into the equation of driving under the influence – namely, the force race and gender seem to have on drunk driving. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged driving drunk, driving under the influence, drunk, drunk driver, drunk drivers, Drunk Driving, drunken driver, drunken driving, DUI, DUI and DWI, DWI, DWI and DUI, gender, gender difference, gender differences, gender impact, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, race, race and drinking-and-driving, sex, sexes, U.S. DOT, under the influence, US DOT |

The Three “Deadly D’s” of Driving

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Cecil Helton

In short, the three deadly D’s are: Distracted, Drunken/Drugged, and Drowsy driving. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged 3 deadly Ds, AAA, American Automobile Association, distract, Distracted, distracted driving, distracted while driving, distraction, distractions, driving under the influence, Drowsy, drowsy driving, drugged driving, Drunk Driving, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, three deadly d's |

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