Posts tagged driving

• 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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Join us in a nationwide campaign to end distracted driving

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Cell phone texting technology can protect drivers from themselves

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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,...

• Back to School Season Means Extra Driving Precautions

  Craig Kelley | August 17, 2011 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It is back to school season here in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area, with public schools on both sides of the river kicking off classes this week. That means school buses are back on the road,...

• Texting while driving: Time to STOP

  Craig Kelley | August 12, 2011 4:09 PM | 1 CommentCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In July, two teenagers—19-year-old Elizabeth Chadwick and 18-year-old Jessica Weinfurtner—died in a car accident on Old Lincoln Highway. One reason for the accident? The driver was...