Monthly Archives: August 2015
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News Featured Stories Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Guides Safety Community- August 27, 2015 387
The truth behind the traffic accident statistics
To give you an idea of how dangerous traffic accidents can be, in the time it took me to write this story, 3121 people were killed in a car accident and 80,889 were injured. The rate of fatalities and serious injuries in traffic accidents is so high that getting in a car is one of the most dangerous things a human being can do in their lifetime.
It’s among the top 10 killers of human beings in the world. Car accidents are responsible for more deaths each day than any wild beast or natural catastrophe.
Car accidents kill more people than wars do...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Community- August 25, 2015 83
The Federal Highway Administration wants to clear the air: Yes, state and local transportation agencies should use federal money to construct high-quality biking and walking infrastructure.
State and local DOTs deploy an array of excuses to avoid building designs like protected bike lanes. “It’s not in the manual” is a favorite. So is “the feds won’t fund that.”
Whether these excuses are cynical or sincere, FHWA wants you to know that they’re bogus.
Last week, the agency released a “clarifying” document that shoots down, on the record, some of the common refrains people hear from their...
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News News Releases Safety Community- August 17, 2015 39
Rear View Safety, the industry leader in the sales and distribution of backup camera systems and technology, as well as a dedicated road safety advocate, recently teamed up with KidsAndCars.org to sponsor important safety information for fans at a NASCAR event which took place in Indianapolis, Indiana in July of 2015. The goal of the effort was to provide a higher level of education regarding best practices for safety as it relates to rearview visibility, by promoting awareness of the very serious issues that are affecting our children and other pedestrians on a regular basis.
The event itself...
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News News Releases Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Community- August 14, 2015 226
Many people think that when you're talking about the topic of vehicle safety, you're limiting the discussion to the cars, trucks and other types of vehicles that populate our roads on a daily basis. While this is true, vehicle safety extends farther than just our streets - more specifically, boat safety is just as important of a topic that demands attention. Nearly 80% of all boaters who drown, for example, do so on smaller vessels that are less than 21 feet long. A few of the contributing factors to these types of accidents include operator inexperience, low visibility, excessive speeds and general...
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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- August 11, 2015 79
It's that time of year again: millions of young people around the world will be returning to school in just a few short weeks. For some, it means getting to show up on the first day of high school in a shiny new car to make all of your friends jealous. For others, it means loading up your car and heading off to college where you will take the first formative steps into adulthood. For everyone, however, it should mean an increased emphasis on road safety and driver awareness - particularly among teens. At Rear View Safety, we believe that there are a few key back to school safety tips and tricks...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Community- August 03, 2015 89
Senator pushes bill to speed up ignition lock research
By Paula Katinas
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Someday, a drunk person won’t be able to drive a car because the car won’t start. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he wants someday to be here soon.
Schumer (D-New York) is pushing legislation called the ROADS SAFE Act that would speed up the development of technology to prevent drunk drivers from operating a car. The technology would disable a car’s ignition if the driver is found to be above the legal blood alcohol limit. It works with the use of sensors inside the auto that are equipped with touch or non-invasive...
