Car Accidents

Some situations that lead to severe car crashes aren't easily preventable. For example, you can't avoid getting behind the wheel anytime it's windy or rainy. However, a significant number of crashes that occur every year are the result of bad decision-making or poor...

Some Ford vehicles of relatively recent vintage know the inside of company dealers' repair departments quite well.And for good reason: They've been there multiple times for the same issue. The auto industry publication Car and Driver spotlights that issue - a serious...

And that's not that's all bad. Notwithstanding developers' overt disappointment that self-driving cars aren't a flatly done deal on America's roadways, the gains made thus far are still impressive and bode well for the future.Granted, they have turned out to be far...

Fewer deaths to any degree is a flatly positive development, and Louisiana safety regulators are duly recognizing that fact. State Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman noted to an audience last week that Louisiana's traffic fatality rate is "the...

As they say, "If you blinked, you missed it."What specifically emerged and is now in the proverbial rear-view mirror is National Child Passenger Safety Week. That specially designated time period is spotlighted annually, and for obviously compelling reasons. Because...

If you're a forward-thinking person who is an avid self-driving car enthusiast, you might want to temporarily park visions of partying soon in the back seat of a driverless vehicle.Here's why: Empirical evidence points to accident risks involving autonomous cars that...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards begrudgingly signaled a legislative bill as new law with a stroke of his pen recently.Prominent pro-business supporters and advocacy groups, along with Republican lawmakers, were ecstatic that their long-fought attempt to shore up...

Well, here’s an upgrade.The ignition interlock devices that some motorists in Louisiana and nationally are required to use following drunk driving convictions mandate a bit of driver-technology interplay. That is, a would-be driver must blow into an IID and...

The reasons why drivers of passenger vehicles often cause accidents that injure or even kill other parties are many and diverse. Here are some prime contributors that up the odds for crash outcomes:Dangerous driving behaviors like speeding, lane weaving and...