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Distracted Driving: Risks Inside Your New Car or Truck
By: Jeffrey Lapin
An article within Consumer Reports’ October 2011 issue (Connected cars: A new risk) discusses the risks, by diverting the driver’s attention to something other than driving, posed by new technology, such as the ability to text, tweet, access the internet, in many new cars and trucks. The article discusses the types of equipment available now or in the very near future that can cause driver distraction, which, increases the risks of a collision. These features include the ability to send text or email messages or listen to text messages, emails, Twitter and Facebook postings. Essentially, vehicles are becoming more “connected.” […]
Texting Doubles a Driver’s Reaction Time According To New Study
By: Jeffrey Lapin
The Texas Transportation Institute’s recent study, An Investigation Of The Effects Of Reading And Writing Text-Based Messages While Driving, found, among other things, that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when driving and sending or receiving a text message. The findings were worse than what most experts expected. […]
Drivers Understand But Often Ignore Risks of Texting or Talking on Cell Phone
By: Jeffrey Lapin
The AAA Foundation recently released its Fourth Annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, which found that despite a driver’s knowledge and beliefs about the risks of involved with driving and texting, emailing and talking on a cell phone while driving, many drivers perform these activities anyway. Some of the findings include: […]
“Heads Up Driving Week”: October 2-8, 2011
The AAA Foundation and AAA have designated October 2 to 8, 2011, as “Heads Up Driving Week” to get drivers to remove distractions and focus only on the road. These organizations are asking drivers to Take The Pledge:
I pledge to drive distraction-free, with the goal to permanently reduce my distracted driving habits. I will spread the […]
The Economy is Causing Big Business for Debt Collectors
By: Jeffrey Lapin
At a meeting of debt collectors last week in Atlantic City, it was noted that the current state of the economy has created even more business for debt collectors. In a article published today in the Lincoln Journal Star (Debt collectors: Business great but hard as ever) debt collectors at the meeting state that aggressive tactics, such as threats and repeated calls “just don’t work.” In addition, they allege that unpaid debt is never truly written off; it just gets passed on to new customers. […]
