Car Accident

Safely Driving Around Large & Slow Vehicles

  Safely Driving Around Large & Slow Vehicles By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET Drivers of passenger vehicles must share the road with many types of vehicles andpedestrians. Here are some tips on safe driving around large and slow vehicles. Being surrounded by cars zipping around you brings about its own set of challenges. But if you’re on the […]

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Hitting A Deer With Your Car & What To Do After It Happens

  Hitting A Deer With Your Car & What To Do After It Happens By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET While you might not usually think about what to do if a deer suddenly runs in front of your car, taking the time to figure that out could one day save your life. Each year, well over one million car

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How To Avoid Hitting Animals With Your Car

  How To Avoid Hitting Animals With Your Car By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET For whatever reasons, incidents of vehicles hitting animals on roads in the United States are increasing. According to State Farm, in one year alone 1.2 million accident claims that involved a vehicle striking an animal were filed. The insurance company has also reported that

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Speed and Vehicle Collisions: Cause and Effect?

  Speed and Vehicle Collisions: Cause and Effect? By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET There has been a substantial amount of data published about speeding and the increased risk for collision. Faster drivers have earned a higher accident risk than drivers who do the speed limit. While there are many variables that affect the likelihood of a car accident

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Preventing A Rollover Accident

  Preventing A Rollover Accident By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET A moment of inattention can turn your comfortable family car into a steel-and-glass deathtrap. Nearly as fatal as a head-on collision, a rollover is not the type of accident from which people generally stroll away. Even if you survive, and happen to be among the tiny statistic with

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Running Out Of Gas: Why You Shouldn’t Risk It

  Running Out Of Gas: Why You Shouldn’t Risk It By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET Due to higher gas prices, many drivers are taking more risks with their cars as far as running the gas down to empty before refilling. But many don’t realize the strain that running out of gas could cause for a car and driver.VIDEO:

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Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

  Electronic Stability Control (ESC) What This Important Safety Feature Actually Does By Aaron Gold Have you heard your mechanic use the acronym ESC or have you read it in your owner’s manual, but don’t know what it means? Short for electronic stability control, ESC is a safety feature that detects and helps prevent your car

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Are Seat Belts Really Safer?

  Are Seat Belts Really Safer? By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), seat belts have saved nearly 300,000 lives in the US since 1975. The lives saved are those of people involved in serious motor accidents – accidents that would have ended up with fatal consequences had they not been wearing

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You Snooze, You Lose: Tips To Avoid Drowsy Driving

  You Snooze, You Lose: Tips To Avoid Drowsy Driving By DRIVE-SAFELY.NET It’s happened to all of us; we’re driving down the road – maybe we’ve taken a family vacation and haven’t stopped to sleep yet, maybe we’re on our way home from a long day at work or school, you know what I mean

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