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Great Tips To Keep You Safe On The Road
by dmaillie.Several studies have recently taken place on road and driving safety at leading universities and the Institute for Highway and Traffic Safety. These studies show that many accidents can be avoided. Also, these studies have shown that the severity o...
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Night Time Driving Safety
by dmaillie.Night time driving safety is a big concern lately as most accidents occur at night. Also, the severity of these accidents tends to be much more severe with more fatalities and severe injuries. Our vision field is much smaller at night and an improp...
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Car Accidents in the United States
by grossman.There is a fatal car accident every 14 minutes here in the US, or about 40,000 per year. That means that by the time you drive 10 blocks, or 2 miles there is another wreck. So if you went to the grocery store to do a bit of shopping, there was probab...
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Easy Tips Guaranteed To Keep You Safer While Driving
by dmaillie.Nationwide the results are showing an increase in accidents across the board. There is a marked increase in DUI and numerous other night time accidents. According to the Institute for Highway and Traffic Safety, many of these accidents are avoidabl...
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How to Make Streets Safer
by billy.Children playing in the street run the risk of being run over by a car or other motorised vehicle. Indeed, a great many children do fall victims to speeding cars. The risk of accident involving children during holiday is at its highest point during ...
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Headlight Restoration Increases Driving Safety
by dmaillie.If you have cloudy or worn and yellow headlights you are taking a big and unnecessary risk when you drive at night. According to the AAA Foundation For Traffic Safety:An average of 9 out of every 10 cars on the road today has dirty or yellowed headl...
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Increasing Your Driving Safety
by dmaillie.Headlight glare is now on the forefront of research by the National Traffic Safety Institute as it is a leading cause of nighttime crashes. It greatly reduces the drivers ability to see and react appropriately. Most of the time this glare comes fro...
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Why Rear Facing Child Safety Seats Are Safest
by dmaillie.What is the safest, a forward or rear facing child safety seat? Everyone has a different answer on this and many states have different laws governing the age, weight or size of the child or infant in question. By looking at and interpreting car acc...
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How To Avoid Road Accidents Due To Poor Road Conditions
by Julian.Design of roadways has improved greatly over the entire 19th and 20th centuries and is still an ongoing process. However, roads are man made and human errors resulting in design flaws or constructional faults still keep contributing to motor vehicle ...
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How To Use Common Sense To Protect Your SUV
by teahupoo.These days with the price of an SUV being over $50,000 in some cases, the investment in the vehicle is second only to buying a home. If you have paid so much for something it just makes good sense to protect it. Let's look at some easy ways that you ...
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Tips for Safer Driving at Night
by dmaillie.According to the National Institute for Highway Safety, the number and severity of auto accidents increases 10 fold between the hours of 11 pm and 3 am. Here are proven tips to decrease your chances of an accident. Some of this may sound like commo...
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How To Maximize The Mileage On Your Hybrid
by teahupoo.Owners of hybrid cars are taking the plunge for those of us still driving the regular gas-only engine cars. Although they are getting some perks for having these electric/gas hybrids, they still want to improve their gas mileage. In fact, although ...
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Driving Safely as You Get Older
by iwilliam99.Driving a car is a very complex task. You need good perceptual and judgement skills and you must pay constant attention to detail from your car and the world around you. As 90% of the information you need for safe driving comes through your eyes, any...
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Why Hybrids Require Less Maintenance
by teahupoo.Hybrid cars are excellent choices for helping the environment by using less fuel and more efficiency, but hybrids also require less maintenance. Hybrid vehicles are designed to require less service and are made to last longer and run better made than...
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Hey Dude, Easy On The Gas!
by murrayhl.People go over the speed limit for different reasons. Let's examine four different kinds of drivers on a Monday morning coming from north, south, east and west of a major interstate highway:North driver: his 8-1/2 month pregnant wife wakes him up, an...

How To Get A Cheap Car Rental
by jlayton77.When booking or investigating any options for a car rental, there are lots of things you should keep in mind. Obviously, you want the cheapest rental possible. You can do this by taking advantage of many options that aren't frequently promoted by ren...
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What Are Some Of The Hazards Of Hybrids
by teahupoo.With all of the talk of hybrid vehicles many people are singing their praises about these lightweight, fuel-efficient cars. But are there hazards to driving a hybrid? Is there really anything to worry about? Let's take a closer look at potential hybr...
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How to Protect Your Sports Car
by teahupoo.Your sports car represents a significant investment. For many owners, their sports car ranks second only to their home in terms of cost. When one has paid a substantial sum for an item, it only makes sense to take proactive steps to insure its prot...
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Repairing Headlights for Maximum Visibility and Safety
by dmaillie.We see them every day - cars we can barely see at night due to bad, ineffective, or improperly aimed headlights in need of repair. "An average of 9 out of every 10 cars on the road today has dirty or yellowed headlights that greatly reduce vision and...
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Wearing A Safety Belt Isnt Just For Your Safety
by teahupoo.When the mandatory seat belt law came into effect in my state of Florida at first I thought it was ridiculous. I mean, who does the government think they are to tell me I have to wear my seat belt? I obviously wasn't alone; I had a lot of friends who...
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The Makings of a Safe Car
by dmaillie.Over the years, the minimization of vehicular related accidents has been gaining ground. In fact, different sectors of society have contributed to ensure that motorists should be protected from unnecessary road mishaps. The government, car manufactur...
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Tips To Make Your Trade In More Valuable
by teahupoo.If you are trading your car in on a new vehicle there are some things you can do to be sure that you get the most money possible for it. As a former used car manager for many years I can tell you that I have had people bring cars in that I would not ...
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Finding a Great Project Car
by dmaillie.Restoring a project car is a fun hobby and can be excellent for relieving stress. Finding the perfect car can be a bit more of a challenge. There are many very popular models and the most popular can be hard to find at a reasonable price. Before you ...
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Seat Belt Use and Traumatic Brain Injury
Because traumatic brain injuries cannot be cured in the traditional sense, preventive measures are the best weapons against them. And because the number-one cause of traumatic brain injuries among Americans who are less than 75 years old is auto acci...
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Sleep Deprivation and Traffic Accidents
Ten years ago, a former colleague of mine, a fine teacher and person, was tragically killed in a car accident in British Columbia. He was on vacation with his daughter who miraculously survived the accident. What happened was a classic case of sleep ...
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