It may not be something that you often think about, but the tire pressure in your car is one of the most important things you can stay on top of to help you avoid a Connecticut auto accident. In fact, tire pressure can be THE reason you get into an accident in the first place and if you’re not concerned with it you should be.
A tragedy unfolded in the last few weeks when an Enfield High School freshman was killed by a driver who was not paying attention at the time of the crash. The Connecticut auto accident happened when the young woman, who’s name has not been released, was walking with her 12-year old cousin on Rt.
In a recent 8 hour span of time there were three incidents that involved drivers heading the wrong way on our roads leading to Connecticut auto accidents and a total of 8 deaths. While not a new phenomenon here in Connecticut or around the country, this trend continues to be troubling to
If you took the advice of many experts and switched your tires over from summer to winter tires this past fall, great job, this is a good step toward avoiding a Connecticut auto accident. Now that the weather is starting to warm and spring is just around the corner you will want to consider going back from your winter tires to your all season or summer tires.
When traffic came to a halt in 2020 after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many believed that it would lead to a lower rate of Connecticut auto accidents, but actually the opposite has really happened. In fact, while there was less traffic on the roads in 2020 and 2021, the number of fatalities from auto accidents is actually surging.
One of the best ways you can protect yourself from being injured when you’re in a car is to wear your seatbelt. As the driver, you can also protect those who are in the vehicle with you by obeying the speed limit. Unfortunately, though, Connecticut auto accidents do sometimes lead to injuries.
We have seen a very cold winter so far and temperatures are showing no sign of warming any time soon. We have written quite often about the dangers that certain weather conditions can present in causing Connecticut auto accidents, but we haven’t talked specifically about cold weather as it relates to making roads more dangerous.
There are very few things that are more dangerous than driving while looking down at your phone to make a call or send a text message. Even when you are doing something like looking down at your maps app to see where you are supposed to be going you are putting yourself in greater danger of getting into a Connecticut auto accident.
We often think about teen drivers as some of the most inexperienced on the roads and that is true, but they can also be the best ambassadors for safe and healthy driving habits that we have. Who better to deliver a message of safety and help their peers avoid a Connecticut auto accident than teens themselves.
Motorists along the I95 corridor were met with a very rude way to start the new year early this month when they faced, in some cases, 24 hours of traffic. A winter storm was one of the contributing factors to the delays and it could happen anywhere, including here in Connecticut.
