Less than a mile per gallon. That’s all the further improvements in technology have gotten us in more than two decades. On-road fuel economy for the entire fleet of vehicles – cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles – improved to 17.6…
Kids and cars. Most parents just can’t read those words without thinking child safety. September is a good month for that, seemingly as full of reminders as it is: Child Passenger Safety Week and Childhood Injury Prevention Week, National Seat…
We finally got rid of our family’s 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan a few weeks ago. No, we didn’t scrap it. It didn’t quit running. And we didn’t trade it in on a new vehicle. As far as we know, the…
How scary is this? Most drivers sharing the road with you are using their smartphones, with many engaged in texting, emailing, posting to social media or taking selfies. In a survey of 2,067 drivers entitled Smartphone Use Behind the Wheel,…
It’s going to be chaos out there. So, with the school year about to start for more than 50 million children, we thought it would be helpful to remind motorists of the many challenges of driving not typical during the…
Road trip. The term conjures all sorts of thoughts – mostly positive – especially during the summer. And then you have to plan it. Or you can do what University of Pennsylvania researcher Randy Olson did and crank up your…