National Motorists Association - Driver Advocacy (original) (raw)
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration released a study that claims more than half of all serious traffic accidents involve drugs or alcohol.
Winter has arrived and grieving parents from Chicago warn that packed snow at the side of elevated roads can be deadly.
On this week’s Driving in America Blog, we revisit a newsletter from summer on Highway Deaths in Rural America and NMA Blogger Eric Peters discusses vehicle weight changes.
The Car Coach, Lauren Fix, presented two vlogs this week on the NMA blog:
Used Car Market Won’t Recover Till 2025
NO JOKE! Switzerland Looks to Ban Electric Cars to Avoid Blackouts
Eric Peters also wrote a review on the 2022 Lexus GX460.
Reducing Speed Limits to 20 mph has little Impact on Driving Behavior
Belfast officials changed the speed limits to 20 mph on 76 roads in 2016. Researchers analyzed data from before and after the 20 mph limit was introduced on the same streets and compared that data with other Northern Ireland roads that retained 30 to 40 mph. They did not find any statistically significant differences in average traffic speeds and the number of accidents. One change they did find: the 20-mph roads experienced a reduction in traffic. . .
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