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AAA Texas: Today’s Vehicle Technology Must Improve Before Public Trusts Self-Driving Vehicles

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber February 24, 2021 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — Automakers may already hold the key to improving public acceptance of self-driving cars: fine-tuning existing vehicle technology. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey finds that only 22% of people feel manufacturers should focus on developing...

AAA Texas: Historic Winter Blast, Power Outages Contribute to Rising Fuel Prices

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber February 18, 2021 Gas Prices, Monthly Fuel Prices Report, Weekly Fuel Prices Report

Coppell, TX — The statewide gas price average in Texas is $2.24 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is four cents more than on this day last week and is 15 cents more per gallon compared to this day last...

AAA Texas Warns About Carbon Monoxide Poisoning During Winter Blast

By Daniel Armbruster February 16, 2021 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — With temperatures at dangerously cold levels and many Texans, who are without power, looking for ways to stay warm, AAA Texas reminds drivers that it is never safe to start or leave a vehicle running in an enclosed space, such as a garage. Vehicle...

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...