Car accidents are the leading cause of accidental deaths of teenagers in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That frightening fact is being dealt with in a unique way in Texas, where a select group of teens took a supplemental driver’s education course that dealt with the realities of risky driving – the Texas Reality Education for Drivers (RED) program. The program, which included touring intensive care units, emergency rooms, [...]

The New Jersey Turnpike has been open for nearly seven decades. It stretches 122 miles, from Salem County in the South to Fort Lee in the North. There is often heavy traffic on the Turnpike because of the interconnection between heavily populated areas. One of the busiest toll roads in the United States, with over 63,000 vehicles driving it daily, the so-called “black dragon” has a high rate of crashes, many of which are caused by [...]

A new international study published by the Society for Risk Analysis has found that females are more likely than males to engage in distracted driving. The study, “Should I text or call here?” also found that drivers who are more experienced are less likely to engage in distracted driving. “More experienced” does not necessarily mean older, though there is likely some correlation between the two. The study found that as years of having been licensed as [...]