by Tim | Aug 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
The folks at Auto Insurance Quotes were kind enough to send along a post from their blog, based on some of my past posts, that pulls together the “Eight Biggest Distractions Behind The Wheel” in a nicely illustrated article. The link is:...
by Tim | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
A teen, at home, suddenly realizes that she is late — for school, sports, an activity, a community event, a family gathering, a date, whatever. She races into the kitchen, grabs the car keys from the basket, jumps into the car, starts the engine, and starts...
by Tim | Jul 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mourning Parents Act, known as !MPACT, www.mourningparentsact.org, is an organization started by three mothers who lost teens in car crashes here in Connecticut. Their mission is to bring to high school students a message about the consequences for families and...
by Tim | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I received an email from Jessica Tirta of Onlineschools.com, with an infographic about texting – which the graphic calls “driving while intexticated” – which I think is very clever! I am pleased to pass along the infographic:...
by Tim | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today I will (finally) finish my comments on Tom Vanderbilt’s book, Traffic. He observes that drivers travelling 50 miles per hour are 25 times more likely to die than those driving at 25 miles per hour (p. 210). This fact, which is well documented, has several...
by Tim | Jun 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week I attended (and spoke at) the Lifesavers Conference, the annual meeting of the national traffic safety community, and as usual I came away with new ideas for blog posts. Let me start with a new thought about teen driving agreements (see my model agreement...
