If accident avoidance is your goal, it's not hard to tweak your driving habits just slightly to reduce the odds of being in a crash. A few easy changes you can make include:-- Not driving in the fast lane. Highway accidents have a tendency to happen more often in the...
Many of our readers have probably seen the public service advertisements touting the message that "Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving." Of course, recognizing that someone has had too much to drink to drive safely may not be easy if they aren't showing signs of...
"We estimate that approximately 32,000 fewer patients would die if male physicians could achieve the same outcomes as female physicians every year." That was the conclusion reached in a recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health.According to the doctor who...
Last year, over 3,800 people died as the result of crashes that involved trucks. Just 16 percent of those fatalities were the truck drivers or others inside the trucks. A whopping 69 percent were people in passenger vehicles. Fifteen percent were motorcyclists,...
When most people are pulled over for suspected drunk driving, they're frightened, nervous and likely intimidated by the law enforcement officer(s) who stopped them. If they have been drinking, even a little, their judgment may be impaired. Therefore, when officers ask...
Even here in the southeast, winter weather can be unpredictable. In fact, a snow or ice storm can be more dangerous in a state like Georgia where drivers aren't used to them than in states where they're a regular part of winter driving. In recent years, weather...
Despite the growing popularity of online shopping, many holiday shoppers still prefer the experience of going to the local mall. As we head into the Christmas shopping season, here's an important fact that most people probably don't know: 20 percent of car crashes...
A Georgia Department of Corrections employee, a Forsyth County sheriff's deputy and a civilian were involved in a three-vehicle crash on the morning of Nov. 16 near Lake Lanier. Two of the three drivers were injured, and all three vehicles suffered serious damage....
If you've driven from Cumming down to Savannah, you've likely taken Interstate 16. What you may not have known is that it's considered one of the deadliest roads in the state. Last year, 28 people were killed on I-16. Tractor-trailers were involved in 18 of the...
Georgia authorities have teamed up to deal with the growing problem of child exploitation in our state, with positive results, they say. As teens and even children are increasingly using the internet, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, often...
