Online Defensive Driving Tips

While law makers are trying to eliminate distractions like texting and using cell phones while driving, many motorists are now tagging along another risk – their dogs. According to experts, an unrestrained dog in a moving vehicle can be lethal. Dogs curled up on a lap, resting their paws on the steering wheel or merely hanging out of the window can pose quite a lot of risk. Several thousand car accidents that occur each year are believed to have been caused by unrestrained pets. Katherine Miller, the director of applied science and research for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says, “An unrestrained pet can be hugely distracting – if he is seeking your attention, putting his face right in front of yours, starts chewing up the upholstery or is vomiting because he is carsick”. This issue is now attracting attention in some of the statehouses. Hawaii, for instance, absolutely forbids drivers from driving with a pet on their lap. Similarly, the Oregon lawmakers...

Every year 500,000 people get injured and 5,500 get killed due to road accidents relating from use of cell phones while driving. Now, with this alarming statistic, the idea to block cell phone signals or radio frequency inside the vehicle has been raised. This seems a practical solution after the effort of spreading the awareness of the danger of using cell phones while driving has failed to work. If this continues, the technology, which automatically disables the device inside a vehicle can become mandatory. This technology already exists and it can be modified to be mounted in a vehicle. Using cell phones while driving puts a driver’s life at great risk as well that of others. This proposal to block may be faced with lots of criticism from many people but if you think deeply it seems practical enough, especially when it aims to save lives. However, the application of this technology can have very high costs and the impact would make the vehicles cost more by the automakers. And, if t...

It is that time of the year when you have to take extra precautions while driving. With deer always on the move, defensive driving tactics should come as second nature for drivers. The accidents taking place between deer and cars is on the rise. According to the police, there were around 31 of these accidents that took place in Lincoln County last week alone. The statistics are threatening to increase with the start of the gun deer season. As advised by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, it is always better to check whether your headlights are in proper working condition before you hit the road. Likewise, the number of distractions should be reduced. The owner, Bob Dehnel, of One Way Collision Center in Merrill has seen the amount of damage that is caused due to car deer accidents. He says that some of the cars that come into his shop still have fur stuck to their front end. The repairs of all this can be really expensive. “On average, costs range from $1,000 to $6,000 dollars ea...