Britney Spears latest run in with the law in which she went through a red light and made an illegal left turn with her children in the car highlights two significant safety issues, one of which we wrote about in our April 8, 2007 blog. Namely, New York mothers driving…
The fatal car crash on New York’s Bronx River Parkway this past Wednesday has Westchester residents calling for stricter traffic enforcement. An elderly Yonkers couple, Ralph and Phyllis Cecere, were killed in the horrific car accident car crash when a Honda driven by 18 year old Justin Martinez collided with…
According to a study by the Rand Corporation, drivers over the age of 65 are two-thirds less likely to be in a car accident than drivers between the ages of 18-25. Further, the oldest drivers are only 16% more likely to be in an automobile accident than drivers between the…
The fatal auto accident this past July involving a truck driver and a speeding motorist have brought on renewed calls for stronger traffic enforcement on the New York Tappan Zee Bridge. According to the police investigation, the driver of a 1995 Mitsubishi was driving recklessly and struck the rear of…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety analyzed the highest and lowest death rates for motor vehicles between 2002 and 2005. Interestingly, General Motors manufactured the automobile with the highest death rate as well as the vehicle with the lowest death rate, measured by driver deaths per million registered vehicles during…
In the last decade, the stretch of the New York State Thruway between exits 15 A and 16, a section of roadway approximately 13 miles in length, has claimed the lives of 25 people, the last three in March of this year. The irony is that the thruway in this…