In mid-January, the National Safety Council called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones while driving, citing overwhelming evidence of the risk of injuries and death from driver distraction. California has banned texting behind the wheel and, along with several other states, prohibits the use of handheld phones while allowing drivers to talk with hands-free devices. But research has shown talking is risky even when both hands are free, because the mind is somewhere else. ...more

January 31, 2009

Which is worse, driving while drunk or yakking on a cell phone while behind the wheel? ...more

January 21, 2009

Filling a car's gas tank is weighing on more than just a teenager's wallet this summer. ...more

August 31, 2008

Rising gas prices appear to be sending traffic deaths plummeting in Florida and across the country, researchers at the National Safety Council report. ...more

July 23, 2008

You may have seen the public service commercial. A woman brings her young daughter out to the car and straps her into a car seat. The announcer reminds us that 37,000 Americans are killed every year in automobile accidents, which made me think it was sponsored by the National Safety Council or a seat-belt advocacy group. ...more

May 18, 2008

Soon our streets and neighborhoods will be filled with ghosts, goblins, princesses and superheroes running door-to-door and collecting enough candy to feed a small country. Halloween is lots of fun, but it can be dangerous, as well. ...more

October 26, 2007