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Distracted Driving: Eating While Driving
Distracted driving causes 80% of all motor vehicle accidents and 16% of highway fatalities. In studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or “NHTSA” texting and jabbering on the cell phone top the list of distractions. But eating while driving, something 86% of drivers admit to, also presents a […]
Drowsy Driving: 5 Reasons Driving Without Enough Sleep Can Be as Dangerous as Drunk Driving
One in five fatal car accidents is caused by drowsy drivers. Drowsy driving causes over 100,000 U.S. crashes a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. An estimated 1,550 deaths and 71,000 injuries link back to drowsy driving in the U.S. every year. Physicians believe that losing one […]
Texting and Driving: Deadly Combination with Legal Consequences
Like never before people communicate by text. Widespread wireless service expansion and increasingly affordable smart phones bring texting into the hands of nearly everyone. But when texting moves into the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle the distraction is disastrous. Pedestrians face their own dangers. The U.S Consumer Product Safety […]
Legalizing Pot: New Hampshire Commission Reports on Year Long Study
Legalizing pot poses big issues. A handful of states allow recreational weed. Will New Hampshire be next? New Hampshire lawmakers asked a study commission to look into a broad range of issues. On November 1, 2018 the 17-member group released a report looking at issues raised by legalized weed. During […]
What Causes Most Car Accidents?
You’re driving along at full highway speed. Music plays. Thoughts wander from that project at work to weekend plans. Seems like nothing could go wrong. The suddenly, bam. Car accidents kill 38,000 people in the U.S. each year. Two million injuries result from car accidents annually. Records indicated 34,436 car […]
Rotaries, Roundabouts, Traffic Circles. Confused?
Traffic circles, rotaries and roundabouts. Is there a difference? Does the distinction blur as drivers zoom into them regardless of any rules? Traffic circles designed decades ago when there was far less traffic strain to handle heavy traffic that exist now. Newer roundabouts sometimes surprise drivers who scratch their heads […]
Bollards: Are You Safe
Bollards: Are you safe? Was there even a time when you never heard about vehicles plowing into buildings? If a driver crashes into a building, how in hell is the building owner responsible? Hingham, Massachusetts. November, 2022. A car drives full speed into the Apple Store, killing one man, injuring […]
10 Worst Intersections in New Hampshire
The 10 worst intersections in New Hampshire cause car accidents and stress. Their location may surprise you. When our camera crew visited these sites, people who drive here confirmed accidents at these locations. Two bicyclists said they avoid one of the intersections or need patience to wait for heavy traffic. […]
Who’s the worst driver? Men or women?
Who’s the worst driver? Men or women? I was reading the newspaper and there was an article about “Who’s the worst driver, men or women?” And it was funny. You know, I mean, obviously a man is going to say women and women are going to say men. But the […]
How much is my personal injury claim worth?
How much is my personal injury claim worth? New Hampshire’s Attorney Andrew Myers talks cash. The biggest question I get from people is “How much is my personal injury claim worth?” There are a lot of factors to take into consideration when trying to figure out what a […]
