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GHSA studies effect of drugs on fatal car crash rates

Written by: Tyrone J. Maho Drugged driving is becoming more prevalent in California and the rest of the U.S. A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association studied the fatal car crash data for 2016 and found that 44 percent of fatally injured drivers who were tested for drugs came up positive; this is […]

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Steps to take immediately following an accident

Written by: Chad M. Prentice Car accidents happen in the blink of an eye with little time to think. Most people are in a situation they’ve never been in before, so fear, confusion, anger and pain are emotions that drivers and passengers can feel in the aftermath. A person’s actions immediately after an accident can […]

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10 Important Steps to Take Following a Car Accident

Written by: Jessica L. Phillips 10 Important Steps to Take Following a Car Accident Millions of car accidents occur each year in the United States. Fortunately, most of them just involve only property damage – that is damage only to the vehicle and not its occupants.  But, one in three accidents leads to personal injury […]

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Statistics link daydreaming to car accidents

Written by: Tyrone J. Maho Although regulations are in force for penalizing those who use cell phones while driving cars in California, governmental agencies do not seem to recognize statistics about daydreamers who cause accidents. A national database dedicated to studying statistics related to car crashes discovered that an astounding 61 percent of distracted driving […]

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How autonomous car programming might be improved

Written by: Chad M. Prentice California is one of the states where testing of autonomous vehicles has been occurring, but according to one professor, there is a flaw in the way these vehicles learn to drive. He says that self-driving cars should not be taught to drive like humans because they then make the same […]

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