According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a whopping 59% of car seats in the United States are not used correctly. This is a serious issue, because as Colorado State Patrol Trooper Tim Sutherland points out, “Every 32 seconds, a child is involved in a car crash.” When these children aren’t properly secured in a car seat, their risk of being injured…
Earlier this month, the Colorado Department of Transportation launched a campaign aimed at educating teenage drivers who recently received their drivers license, on the specific laws that apply solely to them as new drivers. The laws, known as Colorado’s Graduated Drivers Licensing laws, aim to allow new drivers some time to get some experience behind the wheel, before they have the full driving…
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, fatal motorcycle accidents have seen a 12% increase in 2020, over the previous year’s numbers. In an effort to help fight this disturbing trend, CDOT has teamed up with Denver based oil change and automotive maintenance chain, Grease Monkey, on a new safety campaign that started this month. On all of the vehicles that come into…
According to a study released earlier this month, Denver is one of the 25 worst cities in the country to own and drive a vehicle in. The study, conducted by Wallethub, looked at the 100 most populated cities in the United States, and scored them based on 31 different metrics, including traffic and infrastructure, traffic safety and the overall cost of owning and…
