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More often than you would think, opening a car door is a danger to bicyclists. They are called “dooring accidents” – when a bicyclist rides head-on into an open car door or swerves into traffic to avoid the door and collides with another motor vehicle. For example, dooring accidents caused: 344 cycling injuries – a...

During the warm summer months, millions of Americans will find themselves on beaches and lakes, cooling off and relaxing. Of those people, many will make their way onto a boat of some kind to go fishing or swimming. While there are fewer boats on America’s waterways than cars on its highways, that doesn’t mean that...

AAA calls the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day “The 100 Deadliest Days”. About 700 people die each year in crashes involving teen drivers. Deadly crashes involving teen drivers increase during the summer because teens are out of school and driving more, according to AAA. AAA found that nearly two-thirds of those injured or...

Electric scooters are Chicago’s latest mode of transportation. A test program rolled out last month and brought a fleet of dockless electric scooters to the city. Officials will evaluate the scooters as a way to cut down on cars and connect residents to other transit options. The four-month pilot, according to Chicago Curbed, is only...

Whether you’re driving a car or truck, motorcycle or bicycle, or taking a walk, it’s everyone’s responsibility to share the road and adhere to the rules. When a motorist or pedestrian thinks they own the road, accidents happen. In 2017, 783 bicyclists were killed in crashes across the U.S. according to the National Highway Safety...