When you drive, it is essential to pay attention and be alert. You must be ready for anything that may come into your path or any conditions that may change and require you to react. If you have inattentional blindness, Simply Psychology explains it means you do not...
Getting into an automobile accident can leave you with a lot to worry about. The collision has not only damaged your car, but it has left you with injuries. This is where auto liability insurance can make a difference. If the other driver is at fault and possesses...
When you look at the big picture involving fatal car accidents, you’ll likely notice deaths have been dropping since sometime in the early 1970s. This is when road safety started to become much more important, cars begin to evolve into safer vehicles, new laws came on...
If you have a backup camera on your car, you likely understand how helpful it can be. It makes it easier to parallel park, for instance, or just to back out of your own driveway. But these cameras have been mandated on all new vehicles since 2018. The idea is that...
Your semitruck has been on the road day and night tallying up hundreds of thousands of miles with only a few stops in between. Short delivery deadlines and high maintenance costs may cause you to maintain its brakes at the very last minute. You might have noticed your...
Texting and driving is a hazard, yet many people continue to do it despite the risks to themselves and others. As someone who has been involved in a crash with someone who was texting, you may be saying to yourself that it wasn’t worth it, because now you’re dealing...
It's unnerving when someone begins tailgating you aggressively. In the mirror, it looks like that car is right on your back bumper. This is exaggerated if it's a large vehicle, such as an SUV or a pickup truck. You know that it's dangerous to have someone driving...
The force of a motor vehicle wreck can lead to severe damage to a person’s body. While many injuries, such as broken bones, are easily noticed at the scene of the crash, there are some that don’t show up for a while. A brain injury is one that can be catastrophic,...
In the United States, road rage accounts for 54% of motor vehicle accidents. Add to that the fact that at least 37% of drivers carry a gun in their car and you have a recipe for disaster. Every year, 30 murders are committed by aggressive drivers. According to the...
Sometimes, after an auto accident, the physical injuries may pale in comparison to the psychological trauma the accident victims suffer. While very serious car wrecks are likely to cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even relatively minor collisions can leave...
