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So far in 2018, New Hampshire has seen a 22 percent increase in road deaths compared to the same period in 2017. This includes accidents involving passenger-vehicle drivers, motorcyclists, and pedestrians. In an audio interview published on New Hampshire Public Radio, members of the New Hampshire Traffic Safety Commission attribute the rise in fatal crashes to the following factors: ...

This year has seen a significant rise in fatal car accidents in comparison to the year before. In Manchester alone, there have been five fatal accidents from January to July. Law enforcement is doing all they can to prevent distracted driving accidents. In 2017, they issued 2,200 warnings and 1,650 tickets for distracted drivers all...

Traffic lights in New Hampshire are installed for a reason — to keep the flow of traffic moving safely at intersections. However, drivers who increase speed when a traffic light turns yellow, or who run a red light altogether, put responsible road users at risk. In a combined effort to prevent accidents at traffic lights,...

When motorists get behind the wheel after consuming too much alcohol, they put other road users in danger. While law enforcement officers regularly step up their efforts to crack down on drunk drivers, those who drive impaired often go under the radar. Those who have been injured in accidents cause by drunk driving may be...

The term road rage was coined 30 years ago by a Los Angeles television station, but aggressive, angry behavior by drivers has been around in some form since the invention of the automobile. Road rage is widespread. According to a 2016 poll conducted by AAA, nearly 80 percent of drivers have reported experiencing aggression behind the...

Last year, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), citing federal statistics, issued an update of a comprehensive 2015 report saying that 43 percent of drivers tested in fatal crashes in 2015 had used a legal or illegal drug, higher than the 37 percent that tested above the legal limit for alcohol. The report came as...

With all of the safety equipment available in today’s motor vehicles, from passenger sensing systems designed to protect small children to automatic emergency braking for preventing accidents, you would think that the number of Americans dying on our roadways would see a steep decline. You’d be wrong. Traffic fatalities are higher than you think The...

AAA recently conducted a study of more than 3,500 participants that examined the effects of drowsy driving in auto accidents. This study, which was part of the federally funded Second Strategic Highway Research Program Naturalistic Driving Study (SHRP 2NDS), closely examined drivers through the use of in-vehicle cameras over the course of several months. The...

Black ice is an inevitable part of winter driving Snow and ice can make our New Hampshire roads treacherous in the wintertime. While we all know to reduce our speed during winter weather, accidents can happen when we don't plan accordingly. Black ice is water that has frozen clear on the road or other surface. While...

Every year more than 3000 fatalities occur as a result of distracted drivers, and that number continues to rise. With smartphones, GPS systems and other features included in infotainment systems, there are far more distractions for drivers on the road now than there were decades ago. However, it is not only these high-tech devices that...