Many companies are currently producing credible technology that not only offers day-to-day advantages for fleets and truckers in the form of improved service, reduced time and cost, but also increased safety through the reduction of accidents. Here are 8 technologies both drivers and fleets should…
While no one wants to dwell on the possibility of losing a loved one in a car accident, the harsh reality is that innocent people are often forced to pay the fatal consequences of another party’s wrongdoing. When these tragedies do happen, loved ones or…
Listen is as Dr. Andrew Whitman, Clinical Pharmacist in Oncology/Palliative Care at the University of Virginia Health System appears on the “Beyond Driving with Dignity” show and explains the dilemma posed by polypharmacy and the effects it may have on older drivers.
“Mom, I love you, but I don’t feel safe when you drive me while texting.” That’s where we need to start. Distracted driving statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicate that at least nine of us are killed — and nearly 1,000…
Just two days before Thanksgiving, Massachusetts became the fifth state to open store doors — two, in fact — for the sale of legalized recreational marijuana. The stores, which are located in Leicester and Northampton, each feature a wide selection of marijuana products available for…
This fall, many citizens gathered at a Boston City Council committee meeting to express their public support for lowering the speed limit for the city’s roads. The proposed speed limit reduction would decrease the current speed limit from 25 to 20 mph; this comes less…
In addition to risk and danger, should we also be talking about values and respect when it comes to deterring distracted driving? Despite a number of well-intended campaigns by governmental agencies, corporations, law enforcement, healthcare providers, cell phone service providers and insurance comp
Yet again, safety concerns over Uber have arisen—this time the rideshare company has filed an application with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to continue testing self-driving vehicles on public roads. This is the first such request since March 2018 death of a pedestrian who was…
Most of us are aware that distracted driving, using our smartphones for texting, e-mailing or accessing social media, personal grooming and other activities that take our eyes off the road, is dangerous. The 2017 AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Index reported that for more than 87 percent…
Older Drivers Crashing Into Buildings and Pedestrians – There is a Solution! A July 17, 2018, headline on the Cleveland.com website reported: “One woman dead, Walmart employee injured after being hit by car outside Mentor store”. Witnesses to the crash said the car appeared…
Driving the wrong way on an interstate along America’s highways kills hundreds of people each year in what are completely preventable crashes. Now, the Nevada Highway Patrol is taking on these dangerous drivers through enhanced, strategically created signage designed to keep them from ever entering…
Background: On July 1, 2018, a Utah storyline read “Husband runs over wife, kills her in what police call a terrible accident”. Salt Lake City’s CBS affiliate (KUTV-2) went on to report: “Investigators said the woman, in her 90’s, got out of the family car to…
