Speed Limit Increases Cause 33,000 Deaths in 20 Years
If Vision Zero is the destination, higher speeds are slowing us down.
A new IIHS study shows that increases in speed limits over two decades have cost 33,000 lives in the U.S. In 2013 alone, the increases resulted in 1,900 additional deaths, essentially canceling out the number of lives saved by frontal airbags that year.
"Although fatality rates fell during the study period, they would have been much lower if not for states' decisions to raise speed limits," says Charles Farmer, IIHS vice president for research and statistical services and the author of the study.
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Six Things to Do When You’re About to Run Out of Gas
Admit it: You've been there. We all have. You were making great time. You were trying to beat rush hour. You wanted to wait until the next food stop or bathroom break. But you cut it too close. Your fuel light came on.
And now you're in the middle of nowhere, with no idea how far it is to the next gas station. What do you do?
"The first step is, repeat after me: 'Our father, who art in heaven ... ,' " AAA Technical Services Manager Michael Calkins suggested in jest.
Don’t Text and Drive, or the Feds Will Slide Into Your DMs
For the last seven years, the US government has tried everything it can think of to end distracted driving.
It’s hosted national summits, helped 46 states ban texting while driving, and sunk millions into ad campaigns that discourage the addictive behavior. None of it’s worked. Distraction behind the wheel still kills about 3,000 people a year in the US, and injures 431,000 more. Yikes.
Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) is trying what so many denizens of the Internet do when frustrated: It’s trolling. Its targets are Twitter users who admit to, joke about, or don’t adequately denounce texting and driving.
The Best Deals In Off-Lease Used Cars
As we’ve noted before, car dealers – who’ve suffered through several years of depleted used-car inventories – are facing what amounts to an embarrassment of riches as a large volume of two- and three-year-old vehicles will be coming off leases in the months ahead.
According to data compiled by the J.D. Power Information Network, the number of off-lease models returning to market will increase by around 800,000 units this year, which represents a 33% boost over 2015.
