Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart confessed Tuesday to distracted driving when he pleaded guilty in a Georgia courthouse to speeding and driving with a suspended license earlier this year. It was on May 11 that he was stopped by Alpharetta, GA, police for driving his Range Rover at 61 mph in a 40-mph zone. [...]

A study released today shows that Volvo’s crash avoidance system called City Safety prevents about one quarter of common low-speed car accidents. The feature has been standard in XC60 mid-size SUVs since the 2010 model year and is also standard on 2011-12 S60 sedans, 2012 model S80 sedans, and XC70 wagons. The study, by the [...]

People are distracted as much as half the time they’re driving, and as many as 15 to 25% of auto accidents are the result of distractions, especially cell phones used for talking or texting, according to a recently released study by The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). Funded by State Farm Insurance, the study analyzed [...]

Summer is a time when teen drivers get into the largest number of fatal accidents, according to AAA. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says, “Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers in America. Mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all [...]

As we approach the dog days of summer, it’s a good time to think about driving with dogs because they can distract drivers just as much as children and cell phones. Nearly one third of 1,000 people who have driven with their dog revealed in an online survey that the dog distracted them while driving. [...]

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 [...]

California law firm GJEL Accident Attorneys rates dashboard social media at the top of its list of the five most dangerous distractions to drivers. With the much touted integration of Facebook into OnStar, it behooves us to look at some of the data. Does hands-free social media make it more distracting to drive, or will [...]

Have you seen the new car commercials? The one’s where the driver can check his Facebook page from the dash while driving? This is an accident waiting to occur. Social media is the “big thing” these days. Every day, more people embrace it, and the increase in mobile access has vastly accelerated that growth. People [...]

As you may have noticed, I tend to write about car accidents often. From mechanical failure to drunk driving, it runs the gamut. Today is going to be a bit different, though. Today, we are going to take a look at the unusual and the odd: Brakes are important, as the owners of a red [...]

There are a lot of common factors that can lead to auto accidents, such as driving while intoxicated, distracted driving, drowsy driving, mechanical failure in the vehicle, and the list goes on. Each Thursday for the next few weeks, I will be exploring these major causes of accidents, and the trends associated with them. It [...]