Forty-eight U.S. states have made texting behind the wheel illegal for all drivers. Not Missouri. The state of Missouri allows drivers 22 years old and older to text while driving. Younger drivers cannot legally text while driving in Missouri. Missouri has no prohibition on cellphone use behind the wheel, despite the fact that more than […]
Drivers who are younger are more likely to speed and engage in other aggressive and dangerous driving behaviors, and so are men of all ages. That’s what the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found in its annual Traffic Safety Culture survey published in June 2020. If you’ve ever paid higher auto insurance rates for yourself […]
Researchers for the AAA auto club say active driving assistance systems for cars caused some type of issue for motorists about every 8 miles of driving in road testing and “are far from 100% reliable.” It appears that roadways filled with self-driving cars that will help us avoid car accidents remains just a dream for now. […]
Within two days recently in Indiana, a woman died in a collision with a flatbed tow truck on the east side of Indianapolis and one person died and two were hospitalized after a two-car crash on I-65 in Bartholomew County. The number of car accident fatalities in Indiana has been on the increase in recent […]
Indiana school bus drivers are required to pick up or drop off elementary school students on the right-hand side of the roadway unless there are no other safe alternatives. This school bus safety law is meant to prevent children from having to cross highways while boarding or leaving school buses. The law was adopted in […]
As a third company prepares to operate dockless electric scooters in Indianapolis, local emergency room doctors say up to two people a day are injured in Bird scooter accidents because of the thousands of scooters already operating here. Bird and Lime scooters have had about 3,000 scooters on Indianapolis streets since last September. At the end […]
Drivers in Utah now face potential drunk driving charges if they are stopped and their blood-alcohol concentration is 0.05 percent or higher—the lowest threshold for drunk driving in the nation. When the new law went into effect December 30, 2018, Utah became the first state to lower its DUI limit below .08 BAC, which is the standard […]
After being involved in a motor vehicle accident in Indiana that causes an injury or traps someone in a vehicle, state law requires you to ensure the accident is reported to law enforcement authorities. A car accident report will be necessary to obtain an insurance payment for your losses. Car accidents happen quickly and are […]
Car accidents at intersections make up about four out of every 10 car crashes in the United States, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study. Nearly all intersection accidents are caused by driver error. As numerous drivers, motorcyclists, pedestrians and/or bicyclists attempt to pass through an intersection, turn left or right, and […]
Any car accident causes stress. Being in an accident involving a rental car adds extra complications and stress to settling the accident. After all, you signed a lease agreement when you picked up the vehicle taking responsibility for it. After an accident while driving a rental car, you may question whether you will be responsible […]
