Automobile Accidents

• Be a Part of the Solution: Take the Pledge to End Distracted Driving

  Craig Kelley | April 19, 2012 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. This year, there is a very simple message for drivers across the country: One Text or Call could Wreck it All. We all know that with...

• Consumers left in the dark about Hyundai’s potential seat belt recall

  Craig Kelley | April 13, 2012 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Owners of Hyundai Sonata hybrid vehicles need to be aware of a potential seat belt recall that hasn’t received much attention in the news. The issue is with model years 2011-2012...

• Join us in a nationwide campaign to end distracted driving

  Craig Kelley | February 24, 2012 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Distracted driving—as we’ve written about before—is a leading cause of auto accidents, resulting in thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries every single...

• Wishing you safe travels this holiday season

  Craig Kelley | December 22, 2011 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  As you are wrapping up your last days at work and school and finishing those last minute preparations for the holidays, we wanted to take just a few minutes to give you some winter driving safety...

• NTSB to States: "Ban use of all portable electronic devices while driving"

  Craig Kelley | December 13, 2011 5:21 PM | 3 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  The National Transportation Safety Board is coming down hard on the use of portable electronic devices while driving—one of the most prevalent and dangerous forms of distracted driving....

• New Federal Rule Bans Hand-Held Cell Phone Use for Commercial Drivers

  Craig Kelley | December 03, 2011 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  On November 23, the U.S. Transportation Secretary announced a new federal rule that will prohibit truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones when they are behind the wheel. No matter...

• Prep your vehicle's winter travel survival kit now

  Craig Kelley | November 18, 2011 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Despite the fact that it is mid-November, so far those of use in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area have dodged the onset of winter weather and an article in the Omaha World-Herald predicts that we...

• Cell phone texting technology can protect drivers from themselves

  Craig Kelley | November 11, 2011 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Texting while driving is a serious traffic safety issue that has been in national headlines for the last several years. Across the country, states and cities have been cracking down on drivers who...

• Drowsy Driving is Impaired Driving

  Craig Kelley | November 03, 2011 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  We’ve all seen this type of article in the news: a high speed, single-car accident, where the driver simply went off the road, doing nothing to prevent the crash from happening. The driver was...

• Iowa Auto-Accident Deaths Decline

  Chrissie Cole | November 02, 2011 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  One person has died daily in a car accident in the state of Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. But there is positive news as well – fewer people have died this year,...