Experience Brings Winning Results
People often point to fatality rates among younger drivers as a way to show that teen drivers are inherently unsafe on the road. They have the highest fatality rate of any age group, after all. However, fatality rates don't always tell the whole story. For instance,...
A car accident in California, allegedly caused by a man from Portland, put five people in the hospital just two days before Christmas. The crash happened on Saturday, December 23 on Interstate 5. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 45-year-old man from...
Car accidents take four basic forms: The head-on crash, the rollover crash, the side impact and the rear-end accident. What you may be wondering is if any one type is clearly the most dangerous, or if they all carry the same risk. When looking at multi vehicle...
Wondering if multitasking really keeps you from driving well? Some experts have said that it's nearly as bad as drunk driving, due to the cognitive demands on the brain when doing two things at once. It slows down reaction times and causes avoidable mistakes. However,...
Per the National Safety Council, about 40,200 people passed away after car accidents in 2016. That's notable for a few reasons, one of which is that it broke the 40,000 mark, something that hasn't happened since 2007, about a decade ago. On top of that, it was an...
Wondering just how safe you are on Oregon's highways? One way to consider it is simply to look into your odds of being killed in an accident. You'll find that these vary massively from one state to the next. When ranked from No. 1 to 51, so as to include Washington...
Police in Oregon have a person of interest as they investigate a hit-and-run accident that left a 20-year-old woman in critical condition. Reports indicate that the young woman was driving in a Toyota Camry. Coming the opposite direction was a 1999 Ford Explorer. That...
Think that you can get by on just five or six hours of sleep? Even if you're drinking coffee to try to make up for it, a lack of sleep can be very dangerous. For one thing, it's a big contributor to car accidents. The American Automobile Association (AAA) claims that...
Speeding is dangerous. It causes car accidents, reduces reaction times and increases the severity of injuries when accidents happen. There's a reason speed limits are set and enforced. Even so, you see people break the speed limit every day. Have you ever wondered...
The police are investigating a serious two-vehicle car accident that happened in west Eugene, Oregon. The injuries to a 3-year-old child were so severe that, after the emergency crews offered what treatment they could at the crash site, the child had to be airlifted...
