The “Click It or Ticket” mobilization period will begin on Monday May 21 through June 3, 2012. “Click It or Ticket” is a cooperative effort among the five traffic safety-related departments under the state’s Business, Transportation and Housing Agency: the California Highway Patrol, Office of Traffic Safety, Department of Transportation, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

According to the National...

The AAA Foundation website has a quiz that might give all of us a shock when the final results are tallied. Check to see if you are an aggressive driver at:

http://www.aaafoundation.org/quizzes/index.cfm?button=aggressive

The website also has other quizzes that you can access, such as:

• Drowsy Driving • Driving Safety Culture

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One of the areas we discussed during the driver safety webinar was distracted driving. We all have probably seen examples of distracted drivers: talking on the phone, texting, eating, grooming; children; pets; etc. The list goes on and on. Now the question we need to ask ourselves is, “Am I a distracted driver?” If so, you need to change your driving behaviors. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), every day there are more than 15 people...

We hope you enjoyed today’s webinar on Driver Safety. One of the things we talked about was the 40 mph off-set crash conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). In this test, they used a 1959 Chevy Impala to crash into a 2009 Chevy Malibu to demonstrate which vehicle would be the safest to be in during a collision. Many of you felt the Impala would have fared better in this collision because it is significantly heavier and larger...