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Road Deaths Drop as Gas Price Soars

Study estimates
$4 gas will prevent 1,000 deaths a month

Jul 12, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The record-breaking gas prices putting the squeeze on American drivers may be a lifesaver for some, reports the AP. Experts crunched 20 years of data and discovered that auto deaths fell 2.3% for every 10% hike in gas prices. When gas went up, people drove slower and bought safer... More »

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motorists • speeding • driving • gas prices • road safety • teenage drivers • oil prices

Sioux Falls, SD, Is Safest for Driving: Study

Residents wreck once every 14.6 years; DC worst at 5.4 years

Jul 1, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sioux Falls, SD, is the safest US city to drive in for the third year in a row, according to an insurance study. Allstate found that Sioux Falls drivers average an accident only once every 14.6 years, compared to a national average of once every 10, the AP reports.... More »

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driving • auto insurance • Sioux Falls • Allstate

Hands-Free Phones Still Dangerous Driver Overload

Scientists say any kind of phone use makes for risky driving

Jul 1, 08 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - California motorists are now banned from using cell phones, but scientists say the move won't make the freeways any safer, reports the Los Angeles Times. Research shows that it is the lack of attention rather than occupied hands that impacts safety, and that drivers chatting on phones with both hands... More »

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California • cell phones • motorists • highway safety • driving • neurology

 States to Motorists: Hang Up 

Number of tickets issued soars since states make talking a primary offense

Jun 27, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - It might be time to get that hands-free cell: Tickets for phone use while driving are skyrocketing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. States are increasingly making yakking behind the wheel a primary offense, meaning police can pull motorists over just for that. California and Washington next week join New York, Connecticut,... More »

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California • cell phones • motorists • New Jersey • New York • Connecticut • driving

Opinion

 Why Dodge Drivers Totally Suck 

Rams are the new Harleys, thanks to low sales

Jun 25, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of all the rules of the road, there is one cardinal, hands-down, no-exceptions tenet: “The guy who ignores the stop sign, who blasts past me in a no-passing zone, who plays chicken on a potholed strip of county two-lane, drives a Ram,” Benjamin Percy writes in Esquire. Dodge... More »

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Dodge • driving • trucks • pickup trucks

 Other Vick Charged With DUI 

Short car chase ends poorly for former Dolphins QB

Jun 13, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Marcus Vick was arrested today and charged with DUI, the Virginian-Pilot reports. An officer said he approached the former Dolphins quarterback’s car when he heard two people arguing, prompting Vick to speed off. Another officer stopped Vick’s car and administered a sobriety test, which he and his companion... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • alcohol • football • DUI • Miami Dolphins • driving

OPINION

Surplus Signs Driving Motorists to Distraction

Too much information along roads may be creating a hazard

Jun 11, 08 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drivers in America are often confronted with a forest of signs reminding them of speed limits and traffic control measures—but the overwhelming information may be making roadways more dangerous, John Staddon writes in the Atlantic. The glut of reminders can take drivers' attention away from the road and dull... More »

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car accident • traffic • highway safety • driving • highways

Gas Tops $4 per Gallon
After Stable Week

Prices had stabilized—until last week

Jun 8, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon for gas for the first time, Reuters reports. The national average reached $4.005 per gallon today, up from $3.67 last month and $3.10 last year. Prices had stabilized last week, until crude oil futures jumped to record levels. In... More »

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driving • gas prices • AAA • crude oil • SUVs

Gas Prices Drive Americans
Off the Road

Motoring takes record drop: 11B fewer
miles in March

May 27, 08 3:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The summer driving season that kicked off over Memorial Day weekend will see significantly fewer Americans hitting the road, reports CNN: Figures from March released yesterday show the biggest decline in driving since the federal government began keeping records in 1942—down 4.3% or 11 billion miles from last... More »

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gas • driving • gas prices • Department of Transportation • drivers • cars

 High Gas Prices
 Fuel Transit Boom 

Mass transit winning converts across the country as gas price soars

May 10, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The soaring price of gas is driving people across America out of their cars and onto mass transit, the New York Times reports. Buses and trains are up 5% or more in cities like Boston and New York, where mass transit is already a popular alternative, but the biggest leap... More »

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subway • transit • train • driving • transportation • public transportation • gas prices • buses

 Motorists Brake for Fuel Prices 

Drivers try to get savings any way they can, even if it means slowing down

May 7, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s common knowledge that driving a little slower makes more efficient use of gas. And with fuel prices sky-high, some drivers are actually throttling back in hopes of feeling less pain at the pump, the AP reports. Vacation drivers and truckers alike are heeding experts’ advice that cars are... More »

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gas • fuel efficiency • driving • gas prices • oil price • fuel costs • speed limit

GPS Beams Laughs to British Drivers

Comedy sketches
make traffic jams
a little funnier 

May 3, 08 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world's first satellite navigation comedy has British drivers chuckling up and down the country's busiest highway, the Guardian reports. The "satcom," called 230 Miles of Love, features audio comedy sketches set to play when drivers reach certain points along the country's 230-mile-long M6 highway. More »

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United Kingdom • comedy • driving • GPS • highways • satellite navigation

 Car Lovers Pay $5K for a Spin 

140-mph ride is too much for one: 'I tossed my cookies,' he said

Apr 26, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Car nuts are flying to Los Angeles and coughing up nearly $5,000 to drive a Porsche 997 Turbo. Why the numbing bill? Because Supercar Life, a fantasy camp, lets motorists spend all day driving a host of pricey cars at outrageous speeds. For many, the 140-mph thrill ride is... More »

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sports cars • auto racing • driving • Ferrari • Lamborghini • Porsche

 1 in 6 Drink and
 Drive: Survey 

Government study shows numbers over 25% in some states

Apr 23, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 15% of Americans drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year, and another 4.7% drove while on drugs, according to a new government survey. Wisconsinites were particularly hammered, with 26.4% driving drunk, followed closely by North Dakota (24.9%) and Minnesota (23.4%). Utah had... More »

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Wisconsin • alcohol • drunk driving • Utah • driving

 Oops! She Screwed Up Again! 

Britney in new traffic accident

Apr 13, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled pop tart Britney Spears was in yet another traffic incident yesterday when she ran her 2008 Mercedes into a car in front of her in stalled traffic on a Los Angeles freeway. That car, in turn, hit the one in front of it. No one was injured and no... More »

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Britney Spears • driving • traffic accident

 Microsoft Will Play in Traffic 

Company's Clearflow service latest to offer congestion avoidance

Apr 10, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Driving could get a little easier thanks to a new directions mapping service that helps users avoid traffic jams. Microsoft is launching the free system, called Clearflow, today. It predicts congestion patterns on both highways and side streets and will be available for 72 US cities on the company’s... More »

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Microsoft • driving • navigation • Microsoft Live Search • traffic jam

 New Cell Service 
 Warns of Speed Traps 

Trapster helps motorists avoid tickets

Apr 4, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Motorists intent on avoiding tickets can now rely on a mobile phone service designed to warn them about radar traps and red-light cameras, the AP reports. Called Trapster, the service uses wireless Internet or a phone’s GPS capabilities to determine location, and gives users an alert if they are... More »

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cell phones • police • speeding • driving • radar gun • mobile services • hidden camera • speed traps • red-light cameras

Saudi Video Protests Driver Ban

YouTube clip shows woman driver
calling for change in law

Mar 11, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Activists have posted a video online to protest the Saudi ban on women drivers, the BBC reports. Made to honor International Women’s Day, the 3-minute clip on YouTube follows protester Wajeha Huwaider as she turns onto a forbidden highway and discusses the legality of the ban. “Many women... More »

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Saudi Arabia • YouTube • King Abdullah • women • women's rights • online videos • driving • Wajeha Huwaider

Teens Brake on Driving at 16

Rising costs, tighter laws make many aspiring motorists wait longer for licenses

Feb 25, 08 4:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Turning 16 has long been a rite of passage, but many teens are holding off on that first ticket to freedom: the driver's license. The percentage of 16-year-olds licensed nationwide fell from 43.8% in 1998 to 29.8% in 2006, the New York Times reports. States are tightening underage... More »

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Internet • car accident • driving • driver's license • auto insurance • teenage drivers • driver education • teenager

Saudis to Let
Women Behind the Wheel

Driving ban lifted to pre-empt growing protest movement

Jan 22, 08 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia’s Royal Court has decided to allow women to drive. The move is calculated to stem growing activism, including protest convoys of women drivers, reports the Daily Telegraph. "If girls have been in schools since the 1960s, they have a capability to function behind the wheel when... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • women's rights • driving • hotel

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