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According to the Society of Automotive Engineers, one driver in four failed to use a signal to make a turn or change lanes. Forty-two percent of the drivers who failed to use a signal said that they did not have time, and twenty-three percent of them said that they were lazy to do it. – Jim L. Wilson…

Drivers in New York are being hit with fines for traffic citations that date back as far as 1994. State officials say many of the fines are legitimate because there is no time limit for them to collect the fines. Some of the cases are fines that were never paid but according to some drivers the fines…

A long-haul truck driver who works for Wal-Mart has received an award for driving 4 million miles without an accident. Warren Greeno of Loveland, Colorado accumulated the mileage by driving an average of 500 miles each working day for the last 31 years. To honor Greeno’s accomplishment, the company presented…

Everyday Millions of Americans jump behind the wheel of an automobile, but a new study conducted by GMAC insurance suggest many of them do not understand the basic rules of the road. The insurance company put together 20 questions collected from Department of Motor Vehicle exams, and gave the test to…

A South Korean woman recently demonstrated that perseverance pays off. After 960 attempts, 69 year old Cha Sa-soon passed all the tests and was awarded a driver’s license. South Korea requires both a written and driving test before a person can receive a license. Cha took the written test almost every…

DISTRACTIONS Driving while distracted has been blamed for a growing number of accidents and highway deaths over the past few years. Typical concerns are talking on the cell phone, changing the radio station, or texting. A fifty-seven year old California woman may be the champion of driving while distracted.…

GOD’S PRESENCE A seven year old boy in Utah stole his father’s car keys and fled from the house to get away. Police received reports of a child driving recklessly and tried to apprehend him but they never caught him because he ditched the car and ran into a house. When his father confronted him he said…

DISTRACTIONS When drivers are distracted behind the wheel. Most people think the culprit must be a cell phone New research says while cell phone are a concern, more drivers are distracted by things like playing with the radio, eating, or combing their hair behind the wheel. The study is the first to…

An actor was driving his car along a freeway with his wife and mother-in-law. Both women kept telling him how fast to drive, when to slow, when to pass, etc. Finally he pulled over at a rest station and snapped at his wife, “Okay, Helen, make up your mind. Who’s driving this car, you or your mother?”…

The major cause of vehicle accidents is a screw loose in the nut behind the wheel.

Chronicle Herald, Thursday, June 7, 2007 “Wayne Hubley only meant to pick up his (45 yr old) common-law wife from work last Friday (June 1). He never imagined it would be their last day together.”, picked up his wife from work, turning left and hit by a car, his job was buying cars and selling them.…

10 Commandments for Drivers The Vatican issued a 10 commandments for motorists warning drivers against the sins of road rage, abuse of alcohol or even simple rudeness. The unusual document also warned that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin,” particularly when used to make a dangerous passing maneuver…

DDD = Doggie Designated Driver BEIJING (AP) — You can't teach an old dog new tricks. A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. No injuries were reported, although the vehicles…