Dangerous driving habits are a leading cause of personal injury accidents and deaths in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that more than 32,000 people are killed and over two million are injured every year in car and motorcycle accidents. Primarily, there are two unsafe driving habits that contribute to the most instances of death…
According to the National Highway Traffic Administration there were 4,586 motorcyclist fatalities in 2014 and 92,000 injuries. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported, “The federal government estimates that per mile traveled in 2013, the number of deaths on motorcycles was over 26 times the number in cars.” Because motorcyclists lack the protection of an enclosed car and can be…
Turn on your lights with your wipers Effective April 6, 2015 Massachusetts now requires that drivers turn on their front and rear motor vehicle lights in all of the following conditions:
No Hand-held cell phones while driving in New Hampshire Effective July 1, 2015 hand-held cell phones while driving in New Hampshire are banned. The law applies while “driving” which, it is important to note, includes when “temporarily halted in traffic” such as when at a light or obeying a similar traffic control device. It also “presumes” that a driver who…
KNOW BEFORE YOU RIDE! New Hampshire Motorcycle insurance coverage was the issue the New Hampshire Court addressed by Order of Friday, April 3, 2015 in a case involving a New Hampshire motorcycle owner who was riding as a passenger on another person’s motorcycle in New York when it was struck by a car.
Rules of the Road New Hampshire and the Duty to Yield Rules of the Road New Hampshire include the duty to yield. There are at least three clear instances when it applies. Drivers breach this duty, a lot. This is what happened on April 3, 2015 on Dover Point Road in Dover New Hampshire when a car failed to…