NHTSA Grants States $17.5M to Combat Distracted Driving
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.
Risky Drivers Defy Cell Phone Bans
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 […]
Windshields: Repair or Replace?
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 […]
Fleet Trucks Becoming More Eco-Friendly
After years of diesel clatter, sweet silence fills the cab of Kevin Knowles’ Frito-Lay delivery truck. The truck, one of 10 electric vehicles in Frito-Lay’s Dallas-area fleet, quietly plies the streets of Wylie, Texas, and Murphy, Texas. Once the soot-belching, big-foot monsters of the highway, giant commercial trucks are slowly becoming more eco-friendly — out […]
Landmark Fuel Economy Rules Finalized
The Obama administration has finalized the landmark 2017-25 fuel economy rules that will nearly double the efficiency of the nation’s cars and trucks over the next 13 years to a fleetwide average of 54.5 miles per gallon. In total, drivers will save $1.7 trillion at the pump, including the 2012-16 mileage increases that were finalized […]
