The state of our world is that we get easily distracted.  A ding goes off on our cell phone, an alarm sounds on smart speaker, and we jump to it to find out who or what is trying to get our attention now.  Of course these distractions don’t go away when we’re behind the wheel.  In fact, distracted driving has steadily increased as a factor in New Haven auto accidents in the last few decades. The question is then, what distractions are the worst in the car.  The answer may surprise you.  According to a report done by Erie Insurance nearly 1 in 10 fatalities on the roads were caused by distracted driving.  So what is distracting us so much when we are driving.  If you guessed, cellphones, you’d be wrong.  Yes cellphones get all of the headlines, but believe it or not being “lost in thought” or daydreaming was the Read the full article…

You might think that due to the closure of schools and offices throughout the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that the New Haven auto accident fatality rate would have been way down this year, but it is in fact higher then ever.  This follows a nationwide trend over the first part of 2020. According to a study by the National Safety Council, the fatality rate on Connecticut roads was up 44% in the first part of 2020.  Even while the state was shutdown tending to a global pandemic outbreak, traffic on the roads was leading to a higher date rate then the previous year. The country as a whole saw a jump of 14% in the fatality rate based on miles driven and states throughout the country experienced the same with increases in the following states: Arkansas California Connecticut Illinois Louisiana Nevada New York North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Read the full article…