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At Rear View Safety, we pride ourselves on being more than just a provider of high quality backup camera system options for vehicles of all makes and models. We're also a road safety advocacy organization and hope to act as a comprehensive educational tool for people who are looking for ways to make the roads in their area and around the world safer places. StreetsBlog USA recently opened its annual contest for the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2015 in an effort to highly big cities that have made positive achievements in terms of walking, biking and transit safety. As you can see from the...

Rear View Safety, the industry leader in the sales and distribution of backup camera systems, as well as a strong and dedicated road safety advocate, recently attended the 2015 RVIA Show that was organized by the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association on December 1 through December 3, 2015. Held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, the show was attended by over 7,700 industry professionals. Vendors and safety advocates used the show as an opportunity to not only talk about important topics like road safety, but also to show off all of the latest products and advancements that they've been working...

One of the most common instances of truck accident fatalities that happen all over the country involves a semi truck or other large tractor trailer slamming into the rear of a car on the highway. Thirteen people have already died on I-16 from exactly this type of situation in 2015 alone. Perhaps the most famous example is the accident that comedian Tracy Morgan was involved in that claimed the life of at least one person in New Jersey. Now, the industry is turning towards the latest in technological solutions to not only prevent these types of situations from happening, but to make the roads dramatically...

According to road safety statistics that were recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, we may be well on our way to having completely safe roads for drivers and pedestrians in our lifetime. According to a new report, auto related fatalities have significantly declined in 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.

According to the NHTSA, the total number of traffic fatalities in 2014 was 32,675, compared to the number of 32,719 in 2013. While this itself is good, the rest of the report isn't quite as optimistic and points to the fact that there is still very real work...

Whether it’s a fender-bender, dingy or a car-totaling crash, any automotive accident is frustrating. All have the potential to damage the body and physical property. Some can be life-altering and fatal. While you can’t control the actions of other drivers on the road, there are some things you can do to decrease your odds of being in an accident.

Here are five proven techniques to do just that:

1. Drive defensively. That means using awareness on the road. Scan the road at least 25 feet ahead to better anticipate changes in traffic flow. Look out for pedestrians in marked crosswalks and between parked...

Posted October 2, 2015 - Lee Pittman

This year is on pace to be a record-breaking one for auto recalls. The record was set last year, which saw 64 million vehicles recalled for safety problems. That number is shaping up to be easily surpassed by the end of 2015.

This year’s recalls are spearheaded by the largest recall in American automotive history: the 34-million-vehicle recall of automobiles with airbags from the Japanese company Takata, one of the world’s largest airbag suppliers. The vehicles were recalled for defective airbags, and they represent about in every seven cars on the road in the...

We couldn't help ourselves with this post, what are your thoughts on Google's Self-Driving Cars?

"Driving too slowly? Bet humans don’t get pulled over for that too often.

We’ve capped the speed of our prototype vehicles at 25mph for safety reasons. We want them to feel friendly and approachable, rather than zooming scarily through neighborhood streets.  

Like this officer, people sometimes flag us down when they want to know more about our project. After 1.2 million miles of autonomous driving (that’s the human equivalent of 90 years of driving experience), we’re proud to say we’ve never been...

The World Health Organization recently released its 2015 State of Global Road Safety Report which, as its name suggests, outlines both the progress that has been made and the work that still needs to be done around the world to increase road safety for everyone involved. It's always important to remember that road safety doesn't just mean keeping drivers safe from one another - it also means paying attention to pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycle riders and more at the same time.

The Current State of Global Road Safety

The first section of the 2015 State of Global Road Safety Report talked about...

A few weeks ago, the Governors Highway Safety Association released a new study: Drug-Impaired Driving: A Guide for What States Can Do.

This new report from the organization, summarizes the current state of knowledge of drug use by drivers on America’s roadway and identifies actions that states and other stakeholders can take to detect and prevent drug-impaired driving.

From the study, we see some interesting data related to drugged driving in fatal crashes, compared to drinking and driving.

The best data come from fatal crashes because drivers in fatal crashes, especially fatally-injured drivers...

The simple fact of the matter is that the road systems across the country were built for one thing and one thing only: cars. Taking one look at their design and layout is all you need to confirm that pedestrians and bicyclists factored very little into some of the decisions that were made. Despite this, pedestrians and cyclists use the roads every day to get to and from work or school, to spend an afternoon getting their daily exercise in and more. The Highway Safety Association is looking to close the gap between driver safety and road safety by way of a number of innovative engineering solutions...

Anything can happen on the road in the blink of an eye, which is one of the major reasons why it's always important to be prepared. It's also important to understand the situation you're dealing with, particularly if you get into a vehicle accident. Even if you have an eyewitness who puts the other driver at fault, your case isn't necessarily a "home run." Eyewitness testimony is notoriously untrustworthy based on faults in human memory. If you let the Vacron HD Dash Cam be your eyewitness on the road, however, you've got technology on your side in a way that just can't be argued with.

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Posted by  Michael J. Fox, October 21, 2015

Today on the White House website, Michael J. Fox reflects on how far we’ve come toward cures for brain disease in the 30 years since the Back to the Future trilogy debuted — and what’s possible in the next 30.

We’ve come a long way since 1985.

When Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled thirty years into the future, we could only imagine the innovations we take for granted today -- new ideas and technologies that have completely changed the way we live, learn, and work.

Back then, if you’d told me that I’d go from talking on a cell phone to talking...