If you want to increase your chances of surviving a serious car accident, you should wear your seat belt every time you drive or ride in a motor vehicle. After all, of the roughly 37,000 people who died in car accidents in 2017, nearly half were not wearing seat...
If you are teaching your teenager to drive, you will quickly discover how easy it can be to become overly comfortable in our driving abilities. Riding with someone who has yet to develop habits can highlight just how complicated and dangerous some driving situations...
You may never have been the victim of a vehicle crash, but that could change in an instant. Rear-end collisions, for example, happen every day in the state of New York. Even after this kind of minor accident, you should seek prompt medical attention since you could...
New York drivers understand the need to stay focused on the road. After all, distracted driving makes up an enormous share of driving-related crashes and fatalities. But sometimes, there are situations in which a driver must use a handheld device. Rideshare and...
Intersections can make motorists feel confused and stressed. With many signs, signals and markings to acknowledge, drivers may make mistakes that they wouldn’t elsewhere on the road. Around 40% of motor vehicle accidents occur at intersections. Most of these...
You may have enjoyed riding your bike around Albany and the Capital District region for years without incident until a car sideswiped you recently and kept on going. As a result of the hit-and-run accident, you took a bad fall, suffered a broken arm, and now face...
When you have grown accustomed to traveling the same roads regularly, a change in traffic patterns or an unclear detour has the capacity to cause confusion and contribute to crashes. Even if you are not familiar with a particular part of the roadway, construction...
If you walk to work every day, you probably know how dangerous the roads are for pedestrians in many places. However, even seemingly safe areas present dangers, especially if a driver is under the influence of alcohol. Sadly, some pedestrians are killed or seriously...
New York drivers understand how dangerous the road often is. Distracted driving is one of the riskiest behaviors that drivers engage with, too. Distracted driving causes many crashes a year and a large number of fatalities. This is because many dangerous driving...
Fatal car accidents occur every day across the country. They change the lives of many people in an instant. While the rate of fatal accidents is on a downward trend, even one loss of life is still an issue that needs our attention. Two of the top causes of fatal car...
