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The Mississippi Department of Transportation hosted a Winter weather driving safety seminar at Bonita Lakes Mall on Saturday.

IT is perhaps the busiest and most lucrative time of the year for driving instructors and driving schools. The four-month period until March is when a lot of school leavers go for car driving courses while waiting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia results.

SOMERVILLE — The Super Bowl is America’s most popular national sporting event. All across the country, millions of people gather to socialize and watch the big game.

PENNSBURY – A ban on texting while driving was signed into Pennsylvania law in late November, which has some community safety groups applauding Gov. Tom Corbett.

With one of the biggest drinking events of the year looming this weekend, safety advocates are beseeching Super Bowl party celebrants not to park their drunkenness behind the wheel of an automobile. The parties that usually begin in mid-afternoon and extend deep into Sunday night spill a vast number of drunks onto the roads afterward, creating mayhem that rivals some of the other big drinking ...

We have some tips to keep you safe on wintry roads.  Driving in snow or on ice is dangerous at best.

(HealthDay News) -- It's all too easy for anyone, especially teens, to become distracted while driving.

LA's Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy, the automaker's first in the United States, coaches new drivers and their parents to think differently about operating a car.

PENNSBURY – A ban on texting while driving was signed into Pennsylvania law in late November, which has some community safety groups applauding Gov. Tom Corbett.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration responds to a Business Day article, “Collision in the Making Between Self-Driving Cars and How the World Works.”

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- We commend Chairman John Mica and members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for including critical safety provisions for young drivers ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT-- - inthinc Technology Solutions Inc., a global company centered on telematics , fleet management and driving safety solutions, today announced it has appointed former Mobileye Inc. ...

PENNSBURY – A ban on texting while driving was signed into Pennsylvania law in late November, which has some community safety groups applauding Gov. Tom Corbett.

In the last quarter of 2011, ComedyGuys.com saw an increase in the number of driving safety classes it taught for corporate clients, lowering insurance costs and increasing liability protection for the companies involved. The defensive driving school expects the increase in corporate driving safety classes to continue through the coming year. ...

The Fillmore Senior Center will offer an AARP driver safety program from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Feb. 9 at the center, 533 Santa Clara Ave.

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program, in partnership with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) in the United States, kicks off its ninth ...

LOS ANGELES - Carpool-driving parents are "inconsistent" about using booster seats - child safety restraints designed for kids who are too big for forward-facing car seats but too small for a regular seat belt to fit them properly - researchers said Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety the number of drivers over 70 is rapidly increasing. And research shows that people today live an average of 7 to 10 years beyond their driving ability.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers who protect their driving safety by purchasing qualifying new ANCO® wiper blades in February or March can receive rebates of up to $20 from Federal-Mogul ...

Certain lawmakers maintain that drivers should have the “personal freedom” to compose text messages while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle, thus distracted with their eyes off the road and at least one hand on a mobile device.