A fatal car accident in Phoenix, Arizona is believed to have been caused because people were drag racing. Witnesses said that two vehicles -- an old Chevrolet pickup truck and a Nissan -- were darting in and out of traffic and that they also ran a red light....
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New report says hands-free devices are not as safe as advertised
The topic of distracted driving on this blog continues today with a surprising revelation by the National Safety Council (NSC): hands-free devices don’t actually make it safer for you to drive and talk on the cellphone. Now, you may be thinking “well then why do so...
Could new style of font reduce distracted driving accidents?
In our last post, we talked about a fatal wreck in Phoenix. It is possible that this crash involved a distracted driver, but we will have to wait and see what investigators find out until we know for sure. Distracted driving has been and will always be a problem on...
Rearview camera requirement for cars coming in 2018
Did you know that, on average, roughly 15,000 people are injured and 210 people die because a light vehicle caused a “backup” accident? Those figures come from federal statistics, and they show just how critical the “backup” accident issue has become. Most of these...
Car torn in half after collision with bus
Three vehicles were involved in a devastating motor vehicle accident in north Phoenix recently, leaving three people with injuries. The accident saw an old Thunderbird literally ripped in half, and the driver of that vehicle -- a 31-year-old woman -- was taken to a...
Damaging toll of distracted driving outlined in CDC report
In our last post, we talked about the dangers pedestrians face -- but also the apparent progress that was being made in pedestrian safety. A drop in pedestrian fatalities in the first half of 2013 when compared to the first half of 2012 was a positive sign after three...
Chaotic crash in Phoenix somehow spares people of injuries
Sometimes car accidents really do have a happy ending. A crash in Phoenix showed just that after a tiny car caused a huge wreck that, amazingly, did not see a single person suffer injuries. The result may seem unbelievable -- but sometimes the impossible becomes...
Fatal wreck leaves vehicle on top of center divider
Unfortunately for many people, they can already imagine being in a serious car accident because they have lived through such an ordeal. But for the people who have not, take a look at the photographs in our source article for this post, and you will see just how...
Texting bill falls flat, new drivers could be subject to cell ban
Arizona is one of the few states remaining that does not have an explicit ban on texting while driving. A vast majority of the country has adopted texting or other cellphone-related bans relating to drivers. However, Arizona’s place among the minority could soon come...
Marijuana use in fatal wrecks is skyrocketing in the US
As Arizona residents are well aware, Colorado is directly northeast of our state. Together, these two states form half of the “Four Corners.” But what our two states don’t share is the same laws about marijuana. In Colorado, the state passed a law that makes...
Drunk, speeding, red-light-running driver arrested after crash
No matter how many times you see car accident stories and think “surely these things ebb and flow,” there’s another car accident story just waiting for you hours later. Car accidents happen all the time; there’s no stopping that. But the sheer negligence involved in...
3 vehicles, 2 pedestrians involved in Gilbert car accident
A wild motor vehicle accident on the streets of Gilbert, Arizona left multiple people injured and the police looking at an older driver as a possible reason why the wreck occurred. According to the police, an 81-year-old driver made a left turn in front of another...
Police suspect distracted driving involved in Phoenix wreck
Two kids and one woman were hurt in a car accident in Phoenix recently after a black sedan plowed into a white vehicle that was stopped at a red light. The black sedan was carrying two women and two children, and the latter two occupants had to be hospitalized for...
Fatal wreck in Phoenix leaves many questions in its wake
A car accident in west Phoenix claimed one life and left two other people injured after two vehicles collided at an intersection last week. One of the injured people needed to be taken to a trauma center, while the other injured person suffered undisclosed injuries....
Neck pain after a car accident is common, yet little is done
It’s a hypothetical situation that no one wants to be in: you’re driving down the road, having a completely normal day, when you’re hit by another vehicle. Now, this isn’t a “worst case scenario” accident. Your vehicle and the vehicle that strikes you are merely...
Woman flees scene of boyfriend’s death after car accident
The lives of two 20-year-old Phoenix residents were changed forever this past weekend after an unfortunate accident killed one of them and left the other in handcuffs. The accident occurred at some point during the early morning hours of Saturday, and alcohol is...
Car accident demonstration at Phoenix high school sends message
Teen drivers exist in a difficult environment. The dangers of driving don’t change as you get older -- an accident could happen at any moment, whether you’re a good or bad driver. However, even with the constant threat the road presents, teen drivers are inherently at...
Speeding, drinking possibly involved in Phoenix car accident
A teenage driver could be in a lot of trouble after he played a role in a serious car accident in Phoenix, Arizona recently. An 18-year-old was in a car with a 16-year-old passenger, when they clipped another vehicle. The teens’ car ran across a sidewalk and...
Rollover wreck in Phoenix injures 5 people, 4 seriously
Five people in Phoenix were injured after a tire blowout caused their vehicle to swerve out of control and into oncoming traffic. The vehicle eventually came to a stop, but not before it rolled over and tossed multiple people out of it. According to officials at the...
Drunk driver charged in death of 19-year-old victim
A 19-year-old man was killed in Phoenix while riding as a passenger on December 13th. Another vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver slammed into the car containing the victim and caused the car to flip over and subsequently crash into a brick wall. The victim's...