The teenaged brain is not yet fully formed, which may be the reason why teens have the greatest percentage of auto accidents. Before they buy their kid a car, many parents would like to transform their teen into a good driver with the option of getting them a self-propelled vehicle.
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Our Iraq and Afghanistan war vets are coming home with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disease), and due to the roadside bombs they encountered when they were abroad, many of them are having trouble driving their cars back here in the US.
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Whether or not cell phones are dangerous to their users, they’re dangerous to the REST OF US when drivers talk or text when at the wheel. We’ve all had accidents or close calls with drivers who are doing this. In 2010, the National Safety Council estimated that the cause of approximately 28% of all vehicle accidents–a total of 1.6 million annually–could be attributed to mobile phone usage.
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You know it’s dangerous to drive while talking on your cell phone (in many places this is now illegal). Now scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are keeping you safe by testing a system in the Detroit area that will help you drive in bad weather by passing along information from other drivers about black ice, fog, and other hazardous weather conditions ahead.
Here’s something you probably didn’t know: you shouldn’t drive if you have a bad cold or the flu. BBC News reports that having a head cold turns out to be as bad for your driving as having a couple of drinks?even though you still pass the breathalyzer test.
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