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Test your reaction time - See if you can stop in time to avoid rear ending the car in front of you.

Test your reaction time - Would you like to estimate how fast you can drive safely on the highway?

National Driver's Test - When's the last time you took a written drivers test? When you were 16? How do you think you'd score if you took it again today? Are you smarter than the average driver? Take the test yourself, and see if you pass with flying colors, or if you could use a little brushing up. Then compare your scores to the national average and challenge a friend to beat your score!

Traffic Light System - Would you like to engineer the traffic light system for a one-way street that consists of several lanes along which rush-hour traffic flows?  How would you time the onset of green lights at the various intersections?

Traffic Simulator

Multiple Links  General Transportation, Cars, Motorcycles, Bicycles, Pedestrians, Boats, Other Transport

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - Highway Loss Data Institute

National Motorists Association - Information & benefits for motorists. Founded in 1982, the National Motorists Association advocates, represents, and protects the interests of North American motorists.  This is the organization that promoted federal legislation which eliminated the 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit.

The Most Dangerous Intersections in Your State

Dangerous Roads - Find out the number of fatal accidents on local roads in your county.

NHTSA Recall Campaigns - Search NHTSA Recall Campaigns, Technical Service Bulletins, Defect Investigations, and Consumer Complaints from one starting point concerning child seats, tires, equipment, or vehicles.

AllData.com - Recall Notices and Technical Safety Bulletins

Public Citizen - Auto Safety and Recall info

Buy a Safer Car, Truck, Van or SUV (sport utility vehicle) by NHTSA

Automobile crash test reports by Excite

Crashworthiness Evaluations by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

CrashTest.com - Cash test evaluations for all cars;  Allows you to compare crash test results from 2 different vehicles.

How Safe Is Your Driver's Seat?

Understanding the Uniform Tire Quality Grading System- NHTSA

Uniform Tire Quality Grading System Database Lookup - NHTSA

Tire Care & Safety Guide - Rubber Manufacturers Association

Michelin PAX System - A review of the Michelin PAX system run flat tires with pressure monitoring.

Airbag links

Preemption Defense in Failure to Install Air Bag Cases - Washington University Law Quarterly.

Sport Utility Vehicles: Are They Safe? by insweb.

NCSA - National Center for Statistics and Analysis provides analysis and statistics to NHTSA by data collection, analysis, and crash investigation activities.

NYS DMV Statistics

NCAC - The FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center

USroads.com - TranSafety, Inc., a source of information on road safety, management, and litigation.

OHPI - Office of Highway Policy Information - repository of highway information and statistics.

Vehicle History Reports - Carfax.com.  Find out if the defendant's car had a defective condition which could have contributed to the accident or if the plaintiff's car was purchased with undisclosed major accident damage.


Compare Accident Statistics

 
The 10 most dangerous jobs
Occupation Fatalities per 100,000  
Timber cutters 117.8  
Fishers 71.1  
Pilots and navigators 69.8  
Structural metal workers 58.2  
Drivers-sales workers 37.9  
Roofers 37  
Electrical power installers 32.5  
Farm occupations 28  
Construction laborers 27.7  
Truck drivers 25  
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; survey of occupations with minimum 30 fatalities and 45,000 workers in 2002


 On-the-job killers
Type of incident 2002 deaths  
Aircraft accidents 192  
Caught in running equipment 110  
Drowning 60  
Electrocution 289  
Exposure to substances 98  
Falls from ladder 126  
Falls from roof 143  
Fires/explosions 165  
Highway collisions 635  
Assaults/violence 840  
Jackknifed or overturned truck 312  
Overturned farm/industrial equipment 164  
Struck by falling/flying object 506  
Struck by vehicle 356  
Suicides 199  

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