A new study led by Temple University and published in this month’s American Journal of Preventive Medicine has found a growing disparity between the evidence on distracted driving and the legal measures being passed to address the problem. Since mobile-device distractions account for more than 300,000 car accidents every year, it is hardly surprising that many states [...]

Good morning, everybody! Today is Thursday, and its time for Ten Things Thursday, where we look back at the issues we’ve covered here since the beginning of 2011. Today, as we promised last week, the subject is intoxicated driving and the car accidents it can cause. Let’s start by taking a quick look at some [...]

In the annals of auto recall history I’m fairly sure this is a new one. Spiders. Mazda recently issued a recall of their Mazda6 because of spiders that might have been introduced to the vehicles during the manufacturing process. According to Omaha.com: Last week, Mazda Motor Corp. said it would recall 65,000 cars to fix [...]

Grand Junction, Colorado has an “S” curve problem that resulted in two car accidents last week, one of them fatal. Cecile Juliette, a reporter for NBC11, notes: This is the second time in two days there’s been a crash at the “S” curve on D 1/2 Road. Some residents in the area say there should [...]

With temperatures falling, Colorado residents should drive with extra caution. Layers of snow and ice are building up on roads across the state, increasing the possibility of car accidents dramatically. After a snow storm, things can get especially dangerous as temperatures may rise. Colorado Springs Gazette reports: …Above-freezing temperatures mean that the first snow to hit [...]

Car accidents have an endless array of causes, from the predictable — such as intoxication, smart phone use, and poor road conditions — to the flat-out bizarre. One example of the less conventional road disturbance occurred on I-25 near Pueblo, CO last November. Golf balls, of all things, were involved. Jason Aubrey, a reporter for [...]

With Colorado driving conditions becoming more and more icy, the potential for rollover accidents increases drastically. Over the past two and a half weeks, a rash of rollover crashes have occurred throughout Colorado: * On the first of December a woman was thrown from her vehicle in a rollover on Interstate 25 in Broomfield, CO. [...]

When you think of car accidents, you usually think of two or three cars at most, unless you’re thinking of a Hollywood action scene. Every once in awhile, however, there is one of those unbelievable multiple-vehicle collisions that could have jumped right from the silver screen. I-25 north of Monument Hill, Colorado was the site of one [...]

I-225 and I-70 — through Aurora, specifically — have consistently been the scene of far too many serious accidents. Last Saturday, five people were injured and one was killed in a an accident on I-225 near its intersection with I-70 in Aurora. The crash closed the highway down for five hours. While intoxicants do not seem to [...]

With an abundance of auto recalls and other product liability issues, 2010 has been a troubling year for car manufacturers. As we discussed last week, Mazda, General Motors and of course Toyota have all recalled cars this year. Mainstream media has been saturated with news stories about this, specifically emphasizing Toyota’s steering and acceleration woes [...]