Key Points of This Article: Thousands of teenage drivers from communities all across Michigan will be getting behind the wheel for the first time this summer. And, if you’re their parent, it is common to feel both excited but also anxious for this considerable feat. But sadly, driving-related crashes remain the leading cause of death […]
Driving on Michigan roadways in winter is not easy. Besides the usual traffic congestion, drivers throughout the state have other factors to contend with. This includes an increase in nighttime driving – and with that less visibility – as the days shorten. But most importantly, snow and ice on the roadways, in particular black ice, […]
Key Points of This Article: The most common causes of school zone crashes are attributed to failure to control speed, driver inattention and distractions, and failure to yield right of way. Child pedestrians injured or killed in Michigan traffic accidents during the schoolyear most often occur in Detroit’s urban communities. Lack of school zone or […]
Key Points in This Article: Driving tired can be just as dangerous as driving drunk, and over half of these types of crashes involve deadly head-on collisions. Driving while sleepy only exacerbates bad driver behaviors such as being easily distracted and not being able to react in time to prevent a crash. From 2016-2017, 1,352 Michiganders […]
Michigan Traffic Fatalities Doubled Over 2018 Holiday Season Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness and Reduction Efforts) is a national safe driving campaign aimed at reducing traffic crashes and fatalities on U.S. highways and is led by state and highway patrol agencies from all 50 states. The lifesaving program began in 1977 as a collaborative effort between […]
5 Michigan Accidents Caused by Common Driver Errors Motor vehicle crashes that cause tragedy and hardship for the families of those killed and painful, lifelong injuries for survivors create havoc on Michigan’s city streets and highways each day. In 2017, traffic crash data provided by Michigan State Police (MSP) tallied 1,028 motor vehicle fatalities and […]
Detroit Commuters Face Longer Drive Times Than Most of U.S. A study led by EducatedDriver.org found the average American works about 45 years of their life with a 52-minute commute each day. That equals out to 408 days sitting behind the wheel in traffic, adding riskier time on the road spent with reckless or distracted […]
Dealing with Road Rage You may have caught the recent viral video of an irate driver who smashed in the windows of a Greyhound bus before attempting to run over the man operating the bus several times with her vehicle. The incident occurred in the middle of a busy D.C. intersection while several bystanders attempted […]
Winter Rain and Car Accidents Across Michigan Michigan drivers will soon be making the transition from operating their vehicles through the snow and slush to navigating the wintry mix of rain, freezing rain and fog. These are weather conditions often created by temperatures which tease the idea that spring is on the way. But these […]
Speeding Michigan Driver Triggered Deadly I-96 Pileup In December 2017, three people died and 11 more were injured in a gut-wrenching crash involving more than 50 motor vehicles on Michigan’s Interstate 96. Although a wintry weather mix was initially to blame for the chain-reaction wreck, drivers who were inattentive, following too closely on slick roads, in limited […]
