Ohio and a host of other states have DUI courts, and that instrument for addressing problem drinking and the heavy toll that drunk drivers exact in serious and often fatal car accidents is a growing phenomenon that is steadily gaining traction in jurisdictions across the country. Officials from the NHTSA say that fatal car…
Toyota Motor Corp has closed the largest remaining chapter in a lengthy saga following a number of reported vehicle defects and recalls. To address the mass of potential claims attached to roughly 16 million Toyota vehicles throughout the United States, including in Ohio, the Japanese automaker has agreed to a settlement of $1.1 billion…
The new crash safety test being implemented by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is creating some shock waves among automakers and their customers due to surprising test results that are challenging prior notions of the safety of various models. Some models stand to have their reputations hurt more than marginally. Toyota’s Camry is…
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Toyota has recalled vehicles for rust issues that could cause car and truck accidents. The latest motor vehicle recall involved Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks, with around 150,000 of them recalled for model years 2001 through 2004. The culprit: highway road salt. The area affected: the…
When it comes to driver criticisms and finger pointing, no other demographic stands out as distinctly as young motorists, who, statistically, lead up virtually every category related to driving deficiency. Car accidents, reckless driving, speeding, impulsive driving behavior, impatience … As far as the list goes, it is likely that a young-driver designation is…
In a recent blog post (please see our October 29 entry), we noted the hopes of auto manufacturers that autonomous vehicles — cars and trucks with accident-avoidance features that assist drivers and actually operate in many instances independently of them — would begin having a notably salutary effect on curbing car accidents and vehicle-related…
We have all heard about the devastation that texting and driving can cause, and some people have experienced it firsthand. In Ohio, it is illegal for residents to text while driving for the purpose of keeping our roads safe and preventing serious car accidents. Those who are caught doing so can face fines and…
A number of states and municipalities across the country employ one driving-enforcement mechanism that has a number of motorists seeing red in more ways than one. Namely, those are speed and red-light cameras used by officials who routinely cite their utility in materially reducing car accidents and encouraging cautious driving behaviors around busy intersections….
Red decals affixed to the license plates of cars driven by young drivers in one state — New Jersey — have been effective in preventing car accidents, according to a new study, but those positive results haven’t quieted the criticisms that the new approach infringes upon the constitutional liberties of the drivers and also…
A recent report on deer-car collisions authored by State Farm insurance company might profitably include a bit of prefatory data relating to Ohio to give its results a truly meaningful measurement for the state. First, and according to outdoorchannel.com (a television provider catering to sportsmen), deer hunting has an estimated $1 billion annual economic…