The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will be on the lookout for unsafe drivers from July 14 to 20. The event is called Operation Safe Driver Week, and it will affect both CMV and passenger vehicle drivers in Virginia and across the U.S. The focus of this year's...
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Truck crashes go up, putting other drivers at risk
Most Virginia residents are aware that truck accidents usually turn out worse for the occupants of any smaller vehicles that are involved. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration states that 72% of all fatalities in truck crashes are passenger...
What are the biggest risk factors in a commercial truck crash?
Staying safe on the road typically means you have to engage in defensive driving or at least proactive attempts to minimize your risk. Understanding the risk factors on the road is critical to making the right harm-reduction choices while driving. As someone in a...
Study: even light rain makes fatal car crash likelier
Virginia residents already know that heavy rain, ice and snow greatly increase the risk for car crashes. The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society has stated that these elements increase the risk for fatal crashes by 34%. However, even light rain has a...
Distracted driving, especially among Gen Z, a nationwide issue
Root Insurance has recently released the results of its second annual distracted driving study. In it, 47% of respondents said that distracted driving is their top concern on the road. Nearly all participants placed phone use among the top three distractions. Yet it...
Volvo announces new technology for avoiding car accidents
In Virginia and across the United States, many drivers expect to drive safer vehicles when they opt for Volvo Cars. The automobile manufacturing firm plans to make their future automobiles even safer. Using unprecedented technology, Volvo Cars will begin installing...
IIHS: higher speed limits have raised number of fatal crashes
Virginia residents may remember how the 55-mph speed limit was abolished in 1995. Since then, 41 states have increased their speed limit to at least 70 mph on the highway with seven states adopting an 80-mph speed limit on some of their highways. Six states have...
IIHS: pickup front passenger safety inferior to driver safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been conducting crash tests on both the driver and front passenger sides of vehicles since 2017. After a round of crash tests with 11 modern two-row pickup trucks, researchers found a discrepancy in the level of...
Struck from behind: Avoiding a rear-end crash
It's a fear that many people have: a rear-end crash caused by a driver who isn't paying attention. Rear-end collisions can happen anywhere. You might be stopped at a stop sign in a neighborhood, waiting at a traffic light at a busy intersection or delayed by slowed...
Controversial “textalyzer” the subject of bill proposal
Virginia residents may have heard that Nevada state legislature is proposing the use of a controversial device called the "textalyzer" among its police force. The device, developed by the Israel-based company Cellebrite and the subject of a previous proposal made by...

