We’ve all seen pictures of car accidents before. In a lot of videos that get distributed around the Internet, car accidents are depicted in a somewhat humorous way. However, the truth of the matter is that car accidents are no laughing matter.
Each year, thousands of people are killed or seriously injured in vehicular accidents. When [...]
Earlier today, I left the gym for the quick 5 minute drive back to my apartment. It should’ve been a seamless ride with little problems, but on that little drive, I counted five instances in which I was almost witness to an accident.
I certainly can’t speak for all drivers, but the way in which some [...]
Do you remember watching The Jetsons when you were younger? There was nothing cooler than watching people ride around in flying cars and having robots do all of the housework. It seems that the Japanese have caught on to this way of thinking and are hard at work to produce concept cars for the future.
The [...]
A couple of years ago, I took a trip outside of the United States and noticed something almost immediately: the cars were smaller. I was riding in my family member’s car, which was a Nissan model, but it was comparatively smaller than the models that we have in America. It made me think: “Why do [...]
Over the past few years, the United States has seen a sharp decline in the number of people purchasing American-made vehicles which tend to be significantly bigger than its foreign counterparts. After all, why would you want to buy an American-made car when you can get a foreign one for a fraction of the price? [...]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there are several safety tips governing how you can be a safer cyclist when on the roadways. I’ve highlighted some of the tips that the NHTSA suggests in the list below.
Make sure you have a bicycle that fits you.
Make sure that you have a properly fitted [...]
Statistically speaking, cities that are hilly typically have a low ratio of cyclists riding around. However, one city is changing that. In Norway, Trondheim is the third largest city, and it is also known for having the highest number of people who ride bicycles as their main form of transportation. According to the Trampe web [...]
Recently, there has been much speculation as to exactly what is going on with the gas prices. We all remember too well what happened in the summer of 2008 when gas prices pushed record highs of over $4 per gallon. Could the same thing happen again this summer?
After the gas hike in 2008, prices lowered [...]
We’ve all been distracted before. After all, we’re human, right? The worse place to be distracted though is while you’re behind the wheel of your car, and nowadays it seems impossible not to be distracted in your car. From GPS systems to DVD players, changing the radio stations to changing a cd, it’s a wonder [...]
Driving is a privilege, not a right. However, when it comes to obeying the laws of the roadways, most of us break the rules. Whether we’re speeding to beat that red light or failing to signal before changing lanes, there are some of us who don’t think that the rules apply. That being said, if [...]
