Riding your motorcycle is inherently more dangerous than driving your car. When a collision occurs while you are on your motorcycle, you are at a greater risk of getting seriously hurt or dying because you do not have the protection of an enclosed vehicle. Plus, it is...
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Why truck accidents happen
Accidents involving trucks are more likely to cause fatalities compared to crashes involving passenger vehicles. This is because trucks are larger and heavier than passenger vehicles. Therefore, truck drivers in Georgia need to be careful to stay alert and focused on...
Vehicle technologies making roads safer
Electronic driver-assist systems are already making roadways safer in Georgia and across the country, according to data published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Specifically, blind-spot detection and lane departure warning systems were found to reduce...
More than 40,000 vehicle deaths reported in 2017
Georgia motorists might have heard that,according to the National Safety Council, there were an estimated 40,100 motor vehicle deaths throughout the country in 2017. This was a 6 percent increase from 2015 and slightly lower than the 40,327 reported traffic deaths in...
Factors involved in trucking accidents
Georgia drivers often have to share the road with large trucks, and this can be intimidating to some, particularly when they consider the number of accidents involving big rigs. One way to promote safety is to identify the factors that contribute to trucking accidents...
The most dangerous states for CMVs and work trucks
Verizon Connect, the fleet management systems provider, has analyzed the behavior of commercial motor vehicle drivers and other work truck drivers from more than 6,200 of its fleet customers. These small and midsize businesses carried anywhere from two to 200 fleet...
Travelers: risk for distracted driving goes up in summer
From January 2017 to May 2018, TrueMotion analyzed the behavior of more than 20,000 drivers over the course of 8.4 million trips via sensor data from its mobile app, TrueMotion Family. The smartphone telematics platform found that drivers become particularly...
Study finds car infotainment systems distract drivers
Some Georgia drivers may be distracted by the infotainment systems installed in their cars according to a study released in June by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study examined the effects of the manufacturer's system as well as Apple CarPlay and Android...
Law imposes a duty of care on businesses to maintain safety
Small business owners in Georgia could potentially pay for legal costs, lost income and medical bills attributed to a slip and fall or other accident on their properties. Known as premises liability, the law requires businesses to maintain a safe environment to limit...
Drugs play role in many fatal crashes
In many fatal car crashes in Georgia and across the country, drugged driving is a factor in causing the collisions. According to a report by the Governors Highway Safety Association, almost half of the drivers killed in car crashes had some kind of drugs in their...