As a nation of drivers, we've made little progress in the past 10 years to curb some of the most dangerous driving behaviors, including drinking and driving and speeding. |
From the beginning of time, the key has been driver behavior. You can have all the skills in the world, but it is how you choose to drive that is going to make a difference. |
I think the reason graduated licensing works is because you're not changing behavior, but changing conditions under which they (teens) can drive. |
Latch doesn't always make it a simple click-in operation to install a restraint. Before buying one, parents should be sure to try fitting it in the vehicle they plan to use it in, because not every restraint is going to fit in every vehicle. |
More rural states tend to have higher fatalities. |
People in rural areas tend not to wear their belts as often and have older vehicles. |
We see more fatalities in frontal crashes but side impact crashes tend to be more injurious. |
What you find if you look at the raw data (is) you get a big spike in crashes as you move into twilight, and they stay high through the night. |
You can get clusters. It does seem to be a big jump, but I'd anticipate that the next year it would be lower. |