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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Driving Behaviors

This is a guest post by Keith Michaels. In the pandemic, many were forced to stay at home with lockdowns and curfews, and the volume of cars on the road diminished significantly. In the U.S., traffic volume fell by 16% during the first half of 2020 according to Axios. However, this decrease in traffic was…

Why Texting and Driving Is Not a Skill You Can Acquire

Phone use behind the wheel is one of the biggest causes of car crashes in America. Although it’s hard to be exact, it’s probable that at least a quarter of car crashes (over 2.5 million) are caused by drivers either talking on their phones or texting. The research Even when drivers know the risk of…

Rise in Car Crashes Uncovers a Startling Trend

In theory, driving has never been safer. Improved car design means that cars have more safety features than ever before, and new drivers have to be educated before they ever take a car out solo. And yet, paradoxically, driving in North America is more dangerous than it’s been for quite a few years.   Recent…

7 Holiday Safety Concerns in the Workplace

As the winter holidays approach, employees tend to deal with more distractions than usual. Planning dinners, hosting out-of-town family members, purchasing gifts and figuring out the logistics of other festive activities can easily cause people’s minds to wander when they’re at work. From a health and safety perspective, it’s worth considering how these issues affect…

Has This Big Cause of Driving Fatalities Been Overshadowed?

You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice that a single driving issue is the cause of 31% of all vehicle-related fatalities. After all, in the National Safety Council’s Injury Facts 2016 this one problem only took up two pages of the 210-page book. It seems that just about everyone has zoomed in on distracted driving…