When It’s Time for Elderly to Stop Driving
How to Talk With Mom, Dad About Giving Up The Keys After a few scares as a passenger in your elderly parent's car, you will begin mustering the courage to have the talk that adult children dread: persuading Mom or Pop to hand over the keys and stop driving. You may...
Survey: Are You Getting High and Driving?
CDOT Launches Cannabis Conversation Seeking Answer What’s in the head of Colorado drivers who use marijuana before hitting the highway? Do they realize just how unsafe they are? The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) seeks answers to questions like these to...
Is Trust Fading in Autonomous Vehicles?
How Recent Accidents Have Affected Public Opinion A high-profile vehicle crash involving an Uber autonomous vehicle (AV) and a pedestrian occurred recently. Though that accident made news headlines for days, Uber is not alone when it comes to auto accidents involving...
Speed Limits and Vehicle Safety
Do Lower Speeds Really Mean Fewer Accidents? Speed limits perform several important functions: reducing disparities in speed, decreasing the frequency of auto accidents, and providing a basis for enforcement of penalties against those who endanger others. Observing...
What Not to Do After an Auto Accident
Tips for Those Involved in Colorado Collisions About six million car accidents occur each year in the U.S., injuring more than three million people, according to data compiled by Driver Knowledge. Although the circumstances of all these accidents are vastly different,...
DOT DUID Summit Brings Together Officials at Every Level
How Are Local, State, and Federal Agencies Addressing Drug-Impaired Driving? On March 15, the Department of Transportation held a summit focusing on the topic of drug-impaired driving at its New Jersey headquarters, and it was an eye-opening conversation that...