On March 8, a Bill that would bring Tennessee’s car seat laws into agreement with recommendations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was en route to the desk of Governor Bill Haslam to be signed into law. Just two days later, the Tennessee House of Representatives pulled their approval in a rare move on [...]
Climate change is controversial, but we do know one thing; the weather this past year has been bizarre. A mix of strange conditions and big storms contributed to challenging driving conditions all winter, and we’ve been subject to high winds and tornado watches this spring. If you have been in a car accident recently, knowing [...]
At the end of October, 2015, ABC News 2 in Nashville reported that a 45 year old man was critically injured in a wrong-way crash with a box truck on I-40. According to their report, the police were informed of the driver going the wrong way, but were unable to reach him in time. The [...]
We’ve talked about Takata a lot over the years. Back then, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued an updated recall summary that expanded the number of vehicles affected and highlighted a previously unknown problem with side-impact airbags. The updated statement was the most recent part of an ongoing recall concerning defective airbags that seriously [...]
A snow squall in Pennsylvania in mid-February had tragic consequences for a number of families. The weather came out of nowhere; one minute, the sun was shining through occasional clouds. The next, snow was falling in gusting winds, creating whiteout conditions that lasted nearly 30 minutes. The poor conditions started a chain reaction that killed [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) recently proposed that trailer underride guards should be strong enough to protect passengers when a vehicle rear-ends a tractor-trailer at speeds of up to 35mph. It’s a bit of a mouthful to say aloud, but it’s less complicated than it sounds. Let’s break it down. What are underride [...]
The Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office recently released a report that about 50% of traffic fatalities resulted from lack of seatbelt use. Authorities are changing the game this year in an effort to increase statewide use of safety restraints. Those changes include stiffer penalties and ad campaigns to increase public education about this important issue. [...]
Close to midnight on February 23, 2016, a 79 year-old man crashed his Dodge drove his truck through the front entrance of the Kingsport Walmart. It wasn’t intentional; the driver told the local police that he had meant to hit the brake after he pulled out of his parking spot, but hit the gas instead. [...]
It’s a concept that’s covered in every driver’s handbook across the country; changing lanes should be done with great caution, at proper speed, and only after you are certain that your surroundings are clear. Lane changes in inclement weather are inherently more dangerous. Changing your vehicle’s direction on a wet or slippery surface can result [...]
Tractor-trailers, big rigs, 18-wheelers: call them whatever you want, but sharing the road with one can be scary. They’re big, lumbering motor vehicles that are slow to stop, have poor visibility on the sides, and have tires that can crash through your windshield if they blow out. But big rigs aren’t the only types of [...]
