Ricky Beggs Black Book VP & Managing Editor Click here to view the Ricky Beggs video While attending the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance summer roundtable, Beggs heard analysts express less concern about the impact of rising gasoline prices. The steady slope up is smoother now, and the current level is way below the record level […]
NHTSA announced a new grant program that will provide approximately $17.5 million to states that have laws banning distracted driving in fiscal year (FY) 2013. NHTSA estimates that at least 3,092 people were killed and an additional 416,000 others were injured in distraction-affected crashes in 2010, including crashes involving texting or other cell phone use.
You can take the driver away from the cell phone, but you can’t take the risky behavior away from the driver. That’s the conclusion of a new study, which finds that people who talk on their phones while driving may already be unsafe drivers who are nearly as prone to crash with or without the […]
You’re cruising along on the freeway and suddenly a rock flies up from under another vehicle’s tire. In an instant, there’s a permanent mar on your windshield that distracts you for the rest of your trip. A new windshield would set you back roughly $400 or $500, not including labor, and would be prone t […]