by Michael | Jan 29, 2019 | Dashcam Videos, Defensive Driving, Distracted Driving, Safety
Roads go from three lanes to two lanes or two lanes to one lane all the time – it’s called a “lane drop”. The wrong way to handle this is to drive until the very end of the lane that’s ending, and then try to merge at the last possible...
by Michael | Jan 22, 2019 | Defensive Driving, Intersection Safety, Reports & References, Safety
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 888: Development of Roundabout Crash Prediction Models and Methods provides crash prediction models that quantify the expected safety performance of roundabouts for motorized and non-motorized...
by Michael | Jan 21, 2019 | Defensive Driving, Human Resources, Passenger Vans, Van Safety Kit™
Large passenger vans are often used by churches, ministries, and schools for moving people from place to place – but you maybe be putting your passengers at risk for serious injuries. In general, ministries and churches who use 12 and 15-passenger vans for...
by Michael | Jan 17, 2019 | Dashcam Videos, Defensive Driving, Intersection Safety, Pedestrian Safety
Pedestrians were one of the few groups of road users in the United States to experience an increase in fatalities in 2016, totaling 5,987 deaths. https://brightfleet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/intersection-safety.mp4 [IN THIS VIDEO – A close call for this...
by Michael | Jan 29, 2017 | Defensive Driving, Passenger Vans, SaferTeenDriver™, Safety
To not be totally critical here of the Florida seat belt law, we would like to refer to a press release by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), on October 17th 2017, regarding a research study that they conducted. According to the results of the research...
by Michael | Jan 16, 2017 | Defensive Driving, Distracted Driving, Health & Road Safety™, Human Resources
Put your cell phone away! Lavon Reese, a 24 year old Florida State University student, was killed in a high-speed, distraction affected crash. The driver of the vehicle, Ashli Harvey, was driving 89 mph and texting. She was sentenced to three years in prison after...
