Every year on the first Friday in August the world comes together to have a pint on International Beer Day.  We are blessed to have many local and craft breweries in and around our area that are making delicious beer each and every day.  It is important to us that we celebrate these spots with excitement but also with safety.  As we raise our glass to beer throughout our city and nearby breweries we also want to remind you that drinking while driving makes it much more likely that you will get into a New Haven auto accident or get pulled over and charged with driving under the influence (DUI.) Here are some friendly reminders about the impact that alcohol (yes even beer) has on your ability to drive safely; It takes between 4-5 beers to get your blood alcohol level to .08, the legal limit in Connecticut.  Of course Read the full article…

Just when you thought it was safe to trust auto manufacturers it turns out the way they speak about new driver assist technologies can have a tremendous impact on how you perceive these technologies in a new car.  A new study by AAA has found that when driver assist tech is marketed in certain ways the consumer confidence with those technologies goes up or down, depending on how it is talked about. While there is nothing new about consumers being drawn in by marketing, marketing this type of system could have a direct impact on your ability to avoid a New Haven auto accident.  That is why AAA is encouraging you to not believe the hype on these new technologies and make sure you do as much research as you can about each individual manufacturer and how truthful their marketing really is. AAA researchers got 90 participants together to test Read the full article…

The weather has been pretty volatile this summer with large temperature swings and lots of rain and gloom, but if history is any indicator the coming month will be a hot one and with heat and humidity often comes pop-up thunderstorms.  These thunderstorms can come on fast and last a very short amount of time, but they also pack quite a punch.  If you’re not careful you could end up in a dangerous situation that could lead to a New Haven auto accident. When you’re driving and a weather event like this comes up out of nowhere there are some techniques you can use to limit the danger and keep yourself safe. Drive slow and move over.  If you are on the highway and a thunderstorm pops up you will want to slow down and move over as best you can.  You will be safest in the farthest right lane Read the full article…

The summer weather is heating up and your car can get very hot, very quickly.  It is a crime to leave your child, under the age of 12, unattended in your vehicle, even for a short period of time.  If you are found to have done this you may be charged with a crime under Connecticut statute. It may not seem like a big deal to stop at the convenience store and leave your child unattended in your car for a few minutes, but think about the following statistics and how dangerous just this quick trip to the store could be; A car parked in the sun on a day where the temperature is 95 degrees can reach 116 degrees within a matter of an hour. The dashboard in that same car can reach a scorching 157 degrees in the same amount of time. The seats inside that same car Read the full article…