How Potholes Can Damage Your Car Pranksters apparently fed up with potholes in southern Arizona have filled them with bright green turf toupees. The Arizona Daily Star reports 10 of the crumbling craters in Tucson, Arizona, have been filled with carefully cut patches of fake grass. Jan 30, 2020. It’s pothole season again—that time of year when winter and spring play tug-of-war, resulting in fluctuating temperatures that can wreak havoc on roads. … Read More

Rear Automatic Braking Crash Data If a car equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) senses an imminent collision, and the driver doesn’t react in time, the car starts braking on its own. Rear Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB-rear): Brakes are automatically applied to prevent a collision or reduce impact force while the car is traveling in Reverse.   Source: https://www.iihs.org/topics/advanced-driver-assistance

Blind Spot Detection Crash Data Blind spot warning (BSW) systems use cameras, radar, and/or ultrasonic sensors alongside your vehicle to detect vehicles you can’t see that are next to or behind your car. Source: https://www.iihs.org/topics/advanced-driver-assistance

Lane Departure Warning Crash Data Lane-keeping and lane departure systems use forward-facing cameras to monitor the lane lines around your vehicle and will provide visual, audible, and/or tactile warnings—such as through steering wheel or seat vibrations—to alert the driver when the car approaches or crosses lane markings. Source: https://www.iihs.org/topics/advanced-driver-assistance

Advanced crash avoidance features are becoming widespread. Many of today’s vehicles have technologies that monitor driver input and the environment around the vehicle and warn the driver when they detect the possibility of a collision. They may automatically brake or steer the vehicle if the driver does not act to avoid the collision. Source: https://www.iihs.org/topics/advanced-driver-assistance

Driverless cars aren’t here yet. More vehicles are incorporating a degree of automation with technologies such as adaptive cruise control and lane centering, but the driver will continue to share driving responsibilities for the foreseeable future. In theory, fully automated driving could eliminate the vast majority of crashes, but that level of automation won’t be parked in your driveway anytime … Read More

The database contains information on individuals whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked, suspended, canceled or denied or who have been convicted of serious traffic-related offenses. The National Driver Register (NDR) is a division in the National Center for Statistics and Analysis under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NDR maintains the computerized database known … Read More

Believe it or not, your job can affect what you pay for auto insurance. Source: https://www.thezebra.com/state-of-insurance/auto/2020/#introduction

Nationally renters pay slightly more for car insurance and drivers who have reached a higher level of education have negligible savings. Source: https://www.thezebra.com/state-of-insurance/auto/2020/#introduction

Women in Louisiana pay 5% more than men and men in Wyoming pay 3.7% more than women. Statistically, insurance companies have found that married drivers are less likely to file claims than drivers who are single, divorced, or widowed, so married drivers pay less for car insurance.   Source: https://www.thezebra.com/state-of-insurance/auto/2020/#introduction