by Michael Bragg | Feb 11, 2019 | BrightFleet™, Defensive Driving, Distractions, Health & Road Safety™, Safety |
There’s a hazard lurking on our highways and roads. One that causes over 100,000 accidents a year yet isn’t rightfully acknowledged like well-known road hazards such as drunk driving and texting while driving. This hazard is drowsy driving – a...
by Michael Bragg | Feb 11, 2019 | Defensive Driving, Driver Training, Health & Road Safety™, Safety |
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety recently released a study (pdf) where 46% of 3,303 drivers responding to the survey self-assess that they have nodded off while driving at some point in their lives, with nearly 10% admitting to nodding off behind the wheel at...
by Michael Bragg | Feb 6, 2019 | Defensive Driving, Distractions, Safety |
Remove snow from every window, mirror, light, and all wheels so you don’t make winter driving any more dangerous than it already is. If you’ve ever driven after a snowstorm, you’ve seen it, snow covered windows making it impossible for the driver to...
by Michael Bragg | Jan 29, 2019 | Dashcam Videos, Defensive Driving, Distractions, 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 Bragg | 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 Bragg | 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...
