Car crashes can happen for a wide range of reasons, but the sad reality is that many of those crashes were completely preventable. Crashes caused by distracted driving are just one type of extremely preventable car crash. When we talk about distracted driving, it’s important to remember that it can be much more than using

Regardless of what’s going on in the world, staying safe on the road should always be a top priority for all drivers. After all, there really never is a “good” time for people to be getting into car crashes. People can very easily be seriously injured regardless of when they occur. With that in mind,

Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, one of the key things we’ve been told to do is stay home as much as possible. But while many businesses have been ordered to temporarily close their doors until things calm down, not all businesses are closed for business. Here in Michigan, many businesses that have been deemed essential have

One of the first things people learn about driving is what the colored lights on a traffic signal mean. Even children understand that a green light means “go” and a red light means “stop,” but despite how widely understood this is, far too many car crashes every year are caused by drivers running red lights.

Emergency service workers like paramedics, police officers, and firefighters all have very hard jobs to do. But since a large part of their jobs involve spending time on the road and quickly responding to urgent, life-or-death situations, other drivers on the road can make their jobs even riskier. Every year, tens of thousands of car

Nobody ever wants to have the experience of hitting an animal with their car, but it’s something that happens to many people every year. It’s a particularly common occurrence here in Michigan, with Farmers Insurance ranking Michigan as the state with the 7th highest number of car accidents involving animals during the fall months. But

Whether you’re driving at night or during the daytime, the lights on your car play a very valuable role in protecting you and other drivers on the road. Not only can they help you see better, they can provide other drivers with the information that can help them prevent a car crash. We all get

More quickly than ever before, technology is changing the way we drive our cars. If you haven’t shopped for a brand new car in a long time, you might be overwhelmed by how many new driver assistance systems are available now. Systems like automatic emergency braking, lane departure alerts, backup cameras, and blind spot alerts

During the winter months, one thing many people look forward to doing is heading out on their snowmobiles. Over 1.2 million snowmobiles are registered in the  United States and here in Michigan, there are many great places to do some snowmobiling. But just like any other type of motorized vehicle, it’s very important that people

If you spend enough time on the road, there’s a very good chance that your windshield will get damaged along the way. One very common scenario drivers encounter is having their windshields get cracked by a small stone being kicked up by a vehicle driving in front of them. This can very easily happen even