What would you say if you knew that a defect in some automobiles has killed more people than Takata’s airbags? To date, ten people have died because of the Takata airbag defect. But in collapsing seat back accidents during the past 15 years, 17 children have been killed—yet it seems that few people are aware […]
High-tech improvements to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) 5-Star Safety Ratings for new vehicles are on the way. The changes are supposed to give all of us better information we can use when buying a new car. One of the stated goals of publishing such information is to encourage manufacturers to continue creating […]
By now, most of us could recite chapter and verse with regard to drinking and driving—in short, don’t do it. However, have you ever considered how sleeping medications affect your driving skills? If you take prescription drugs to help you sleep, you could be as impaired the morning after taking a sleeping pill as if […]
Cybersecurity has become a part of our everyday world, even for those of us whose computer knowledge doesn’t stretch beyond web surfing and social media. Everyone, it seems, knows the basic precautions against hackers: the need for antivirus protection and anti-malware software, and employing long strings of characters to create tough-to-crack passwords. But have you […]
We’re barely past the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. On January 30, Baltimore will have only 10 hours of daylight, and even by the end of the first quarter that will increase to only 12.5 hours. That means a lot of us are likely to be doing most of our driving in […]
Recently a motorist from Alabama was pulled over in Marietta, Georgia, near Atlanta. Confused, since he was pretty sure he hadn’t been breaking any laws, the man was soon surprised to discover that he was being ticketed for “eating while driving.” “Maybe I was enjoying the burger too much, I needed to tone it down,” […]
It’s not unusual to be driving down the highway when you suddenly hear emergency sirens and glimpse flashing lights as an ambulance streaks past, carrying an accident victim to the nearest trauma center. You might wonder about the circumstances, maybe even offer up a little prayer for the person inside. What you should be praying […]
ENDUI . . . No, it’s not pronounced on-dou-ee and it’s not a fancy French sausage. It’s pronounced end-dee-you-eye and it’s an app newly developed by the Maryland Highway Safety Office as one more weapon in the arsenal intended to save lives which could be taken by drunk drivers. ENDUI is an app which can […]
A 22-year-old woman was recently released from the Maryland Shock Trauma Center after surviving a collision with a semi truck that sent her car off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and into the water 40 feet below, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. The woman was traveling east on the Bay Bridge when a tractor-trailer […]
A captain in Baltimore County’s police force has been assigned to administrative duties after being arrested at a St. Patrick’s weekend sobriety checkpoint in Hampstead. He was arrested on suspicion of alcohol impairment. He was released to a sober driver after refusing to take a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test, according to a statement provided […]