115 Blog Posts From the DISTRACTED DRIVING Tag


If “Safety” Really Mattered

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #716 from October 2022. In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago. A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all the “safety” features new cars have that old cars did not, and the fact that new […]

Highway Deaths in Rural America

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #714 in September 2022. The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 […]

Best Ways to Avoid a Car Accident in Atlanta

By Guest writer Donald W. Singleton, GA Attorney  Despite the fact that driving may seem like a mundane task, it is possible to be involved in a serious accident at any moment. Approximately six million car accidents occurred last year, with 2.9 million injuries and 42,643 deaths, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. […]

Not so Fast and very Furious–More Government Controls on your Vehicle

By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach You may not be aware of this, but the infrastructure bill that passed in 2021 includes speed regulations on all vehicles. Yes, that bill that no one reads! We did talk about breathalyzers and how those are being installed by 2026. That will change the way you drive your […]

The Signs Are There

By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in June 2022 as E-Newsletter #700. If you would like to subscribe to the NMA’s weekly one-topic newsletter, click here.  How ironic is it that, for all the special-interest handwringing about speed being the primary cause of traffic fatalities, distractions on the road draw […]

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