April is officially Distracted Driving Awareness Month. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), our roads are more dangerous than they’ve ever been thanks to increasing distractions. On a typical day, hundreds of drivers and passengers are injured in distracted driving accidents across the country. In addition, at least eight people a day lose their lives in these accidents. Sadly, these accidents could…
Drunk driving continues to claim lives every single year. In fact, in 2018, 188 people died in drunk driving accidents in Colorado alone. Across the country, drunk driving killed over 10,500 people that year. To help reduce the number of drunk driving accidents on our nation’s roads, an infrastructure law recently included a provision that mandated the use of drunk driving technology. Once…
The statute of limitations in Colorado is a set time limit by which an injured accident victim must pursue a legal claim. If you miss this deadline, you will forever be barred from filing a future claim. In most circumstances, injured persons in Colorado have two years from the date on which they were injured to file a lawsuit against their injury-causing party. …
Virtually everyone has heard about distracted driving and how dangerous it can be. However, it is difficult to get entirely accurate statistics on distracted driving because few drivers want to admit to being distracted while behind the wheel. Yet, according to an ERIE Insurance survey, of all those killed in car crashes between 2013 and 2018, at least ten percent were definitely caused…
We are nearing the new year—2022. New years generally result in a flurry of New Year’s resolutions. We vow to lose weight, get in shape, get organized, and dozens of other resolutions. Have you ever thought of making resolutions that would make you and your family safer in the coming year? Few of us think about this type of resolution, but Kelley Blue…
The holiday season is finally here, and Colorado Springs residents are busy getting ready for the 2021 festivities. This will be an even busier time of year as more families try to reconnect with loved ones. Since last year’s COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on many holiday events, many families are heading out to enjoy parties and gatherings for the first time in…
Let’s face it. There are rude drivers in every single state across the country. However, recently New 99.1 Country radio station in Colorado wanted to know where they could find the rudest drivers in the state. Listeners responded and found out that many of them agreed on some of the rudest places in Colorado. Where are the rudest drivers located? According to listeners,…
This year, children are looking more forward to Halloween than ever before. For families across Colorado Springs, that means going to Halloween parties, trunk-or-treat events, pumpkin carving, and trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Regardless of how you choose to celebrate the Halloween season, it is important to make safety a priority. Parents can take numerous precautions to keep their children and teens safe and…
When high school students went back to school this year, the Colorado Department of Transportation decided to help them stay a little safer behind the wheel. The CDOT launched a public awareness campaign to educate teens about driving safety. This campaign is called “Keep Your License Safe.” It aims to remind teens about the dangers of driving and help them use safer driving…
In the United States, more than 33,000 people lose their lives in car accidents. If you are under the age of 55, the CDC reports that you are more likely to die in a car accident than anything else. So how can you protect yourself from suffering harm in a car accident this year? It turns out – the kind of car you…
