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The dangers of driving while drowsy are obvious. Driving tired is much like driving drunk. Fatigue affects your reaction time, awareness of hazards and concentration. Tired drivers are three times more likely to be involved in crashes than attentive drivers. About half of adult drivers confess to regularly driving while tired. Some 20 percent of…

Does autonomous and semi-autonomous technology — designed to prevent crashes — sound too good to be true? If the answer is “yes,” you may be right. The most popular tech-savvy features to enter the automobile market include adaptive cruise control, lane departure warnings, forward collision warning systems, and lane-keeping assist. These features fall under an umbrella term:…

If you compare the number of traffic fatalities within the past few years with those occurring decades ago, it’s easy to say that we have made some progress. In 1979, the death toll across the United States peaked at 51,091 and reached the lowest point in 2011 at 32,479. By 2016, the number of fatalities…

In recent years, technology moguls and the automotive industry have turned to semi-autonomous technology to help make our roads safer. With traffic fatalities hovering around 40,000 deaths per year, safety advocates (and some drivers) are hopeful that advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) will bring those numbers down. ADAS systems are coming standard on most new vehicles…

As the saying goes, old habits die hard but when it comes to driving, some old habits can be deadly. Chalk it up to over-confidence, or what safe driving advocate Dean T. Johnson calls “driver conditioning.” He defines the term as “the process through which drivers become conditioned to respond to traffic patterns and road…

We all know that traffic fatalities occur at a high rate across the US but a Washington Post article reveals that the problem may be worse than we think. According to federal crash data from 2000-2017, more than 624,000 have died in fatal crashes across the US. In comparison, an estimated 535,000 American military personnel have died…

How often do New Mexico drivers think about the potential consequences of their habits? During any given commute, the average driver most likely has his or her mind set on getting to or from work as quickly as possible. Others tend to daydream or engage in distractions afforded by technology and the urge to multitask.…

Statistics tell only part of the story when it comes to distracted driving accidents. That’s because most drivers, if they were in a crash while talking or texting on their phones, are not going to admit their reckless behavior to avoid taking responsibility for the accident. According to the TidBits website, the National Highway Safety…

A recent study tells us that when the speed limit rises, more people die. As reported by MotorTrend.com, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety determined 37,000 Americans were killed over the past 25 years because of increased speed limits. Charles Farmer, IIHS vice president for research and statistical services, studied every state that changed its…

New Mexico scored among the top states in America in an unfortunately dishonorable category: highest percentage of cars with open recalls — in other words, cars that need possible safety-related repairs. The 52 million cars on the road with open recalls is a decrease from the number of in-need-of-repair cars mark of 57 million in…