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AAA Texas: Winter Weather Driving Tips as Parts of Texas Brace for Possible Snow

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber January 08, 2021 Transportation and Traffic Safety, Travel

Coppell, TX — The National Weather Service is predicting possible snowfall for parts of North and Central Texas as well as the Panhandle this weekend. AAA Texas reminds drivers that traveling in winter conditions such as ice or snow can be challenging. During winter...

AAA Texas: As Speeding Danger Surges In 2020, AAA Study Confirms Men, Younger Drivers Most Likely To Behave Aggressively

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber December 03, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — Data gathered by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety confirms the perception that men tend to speed, tailgate, merge dangerously, and make rude gestures or honk at other drivers more than women. The survey finds that women also admit to some dangerous...

AAA Texas: Statewide Distracted Driving Crashes Increase, Motorists Urged not to Drive ‘Intexticated’

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber October 01, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

COPPELL, TX — In Texas, 378 people died in more than 97,000 distracted driving crashes in 2019, according to the latest data from the Texas Department of Transportation. AAA Texas believes no life is worth losing to distraction. Focused drivers save lives. AAA Texas...

AAA Texas Cautions Consumers: New Research Shows Automaker Marketing May Lead to Overconfidence, Misunderstanding

By Daniel Armbruster September 10, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — (Coppell, TX) – Motorists using active driving assistance systems, which combine vehicle acceleration with braking and steering, tend to overlook safety limitations when the branding and marketing used to sell it suggest an “automated” driving...

AAA Texas: Be Alert and Prepared When Driving in the Rain as Potential Tropical Weather Threatens Gulf Coast

By Daniel Armbruster August 24, 2020 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Transportation and Traffic Safety

Houston, TX — As tropical weather threatens the Gulf Coast, including the Houston-metropolitan area, AAA Texas is reminding drivers about the hazards they may encounter, as a precaution. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that wet weather factors into nearly...

AAA Finds Active Driving Assistance Systems Do Less to Assist Drivers and More to Interfere

By Daniel Armbruster August 06, 2020 Automotive, Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — AAA automotive researchers found that over the course of 4,000 miles of real-world driving, vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems experienced some type of issue every 8 miles, on average. Researchers noted instances of trouble with the...

AAA Texas: New Research Shows Crash-Involved Drivers Admit to Risky Driving Behaviors

By Daniel Armbruster June 11, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s latest research finds drivers who have been in at least one crash in the past two years are significantly more likely to engage in risky behaviors like speeding or texting, even when they think the police may catch...

AAA Finds 68 People in Texas are Killed Each Summer in Crashes Involving Teen Drivers During “100 Deadliest Days”

By Daniel Armbruster May 27, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — In Texas, 750 people were killed in crashes involving teen drivers in the past ten years during the “100 Deadliest Days,” the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Nationally, more than 8,300 people died in teen-related summertime crashes from 2008...

AAA Texas: Be Alert and Prepared When Driving in the Rain

By Joshua Zuber May 15, 2020 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — With the National Weather Service predicting heavy rains and possible flooding this weekend for parts of Texas, AAA Texas is reminding drivers about the hazards they may encounter, as a precaution. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that wet...

AAA Texas: Self-Driving Cars Stuck in Neutral on the Road to Acceptance

By Daniel Armbruster March 05, 2020 Automotive

Coppell, TX — A new AAA survey on automated vehicles reveals that only one in ten drivers (12%) would trust riding in a self-driving car. Even more Americans – 28% – don’t know how they feel about the technology, signaling consumers are stuck...

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