Tag: Car Safety Tips

What You Need to Know About Over Driving Your Headlights

Car Headlights at Night

When a motorist is moving at a speed that ends up making their stopping distance farther than what they can see with their headlights, they are ‘over driving their headlights.’ This creates a dangerous driving environment for themselves and others. Although drivers may experience a few problems associated with driving at night, over-driving your headlights… Read more »

3 Tips for Safely Dealing with Nighttime Driving

Driving at Night

Driving at night comes with a lot more risks than driving during the daytime. When you’re driving at night, you’re almost three times more likely to get into a fatal accident, as opposed to driving during the day. Things like under the influence of drivers, increased driver fatigue, and a decrease in driver visibility are… Read more »

How Understanding Your Headlights Can Help You Improve Your Driving

Headlight maintenance

Now’s the time of the year where it gets darker earlier and earlier. With it getting dark so soon, this could impact your visibility on the road. That’s why headlights are essential components of our cars. Proactive maintenance of your headlights will help prevent you from getting a ticket, and it can help improve your… Read more »

Common Hazards That Cause Motor Vehicle Accidents

Car Accident Causes

One must be extremely cautious when operating a motor vehicle. Adverse driving conditions can contribute to severe accidents and injuries to those operating motor vehicles. Here is a list of some of the more common hazardous road conditions that lead to motor vehicle accidents. Driving in Inclement Weather Often, wet surfaces caused by rain or… Read more »

The Negative Effects of Keyless Cars

Keyless ignitions have turned into one of the most popular features included in new vehicles. About half of the 17 million new vehicles sold in the U.S. every year now come with keyless ignition standard, and the convenience of it has turned a lot of people into big believers in the technology. It’s easier than… Read more »

Keeping Your Car’s Safety Sensors Clean This Winter

Many newer vehicles today are equipped with a range of different safety sensors on them that are designed to keep those in the vehicles safer than ever. However, one of the problems with these sensors is that they can end up getting very dirty during the wintertime. Dirt, salt, snow, and other wintry substances can… Read more »

Importance of Child Safety Restrictions

Did you know that 43% of children who died as a result of a car crash were improperly restrained? According to NPR, that goes to show the importance of proper car seat and seat belt usage, in kids of all ages. If those children had been properly buckled in and sitting in a car seat,… Read more »