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 It’s no secret that texting while driving is dangerous. We’ve probably all seen the driver who can’t stay in his lane or who is driving dangerously slow all so the driver can text while driving. But it’s dangerous.  It’s so dangerous that study after study finds that it’s significantly more...

A big part of our summer has been the addition of a new nephew.  In August, my youngest brother had his first child, an adorable baby boy. As we were sitting at the hospital, I was thinking back to my daughter’s birth.  As young, inexperienced parents, we were trying to...

One of my least favorite places to have my kids is a parking lot.  Pedestrians in parking lots are vulnerable.  Cars are coming and going, and often approaching pedestrians from behind.  Parked vehicles are backing out of spots.  Drivers are racing to find that one free spot or racing to...

This weekend, Austin is hosting one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the world. Unfortunately, the last several ROT Rallies have resulted in too many fatalities, about three per year if I was guessing. As is our tradition, I'm again posting our safety tips to help prevent motorcycle injuries.  As...

In an odd phenomenon, recent studies have shown that veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are at a much higher risk for car wrecks than the general population.  The studies have found: Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have a 75 percent higher rate of fatal motor vehicle accidents than do civilians...

In an effort to reduce texting while driving deaths, a mother and father are releasing photos of the text message their son was typing at the time he lost control of his car and died. Watch this tragic story from the Today Show.  Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news,...

I have heard of a number of absurd ideas, but this may take the case. Starting today, Missouri City, Texas will start charging drivers extra to respond to wrecks.    Drivers involved in a wreck will be charged up to $2,000.00 for first responders, even if those involved in the wreck...

If you read this blog regularly, you know that one of the biggest issues we see is car wrecks caused by texting while driving.   As  a result, we're big advocates of doing what can be done to reduce those auto accidents. During the last legislative session, a bill banning texting...

It's been less than a week since I posted about last year's record number of traffic fatalities, and already we've seen a number of 2013 traffic fatalities.  On New Year's day, a father and son were killed in a motorcycle accident, and on Thursday, a 19 year old was killed...

2012 is finally winding down, and sadly, it has been the deadliest year for Austin car wrecks in over a decade.  As of December 27, Austin had 77 traffic fatalities, the most since 2000.  Fortunately, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo is looking to do something about it. In a December...