Author: Monica Zech

The following are web sites I highly recommend that offer important safety information: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation’s highways. Excellent web site! MADD – Mother’s Against Drunk Driving – MADD 24-Hour Live Helpline.  This number provides emotional support, guidance, and referrals are now available to victims/survivors of drunk driving, as well as friends and families, around the clock through a toll-free helpline. If you are a victim of drunk driving in need of assistance, please…

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The Automobile Club of Southern California offers valuable advice on curbing the rage. https://news.aaa-calif.com/news/survey-shows-nearly-80-of-drivers-express-significant-anger Some tips I offer in dealing with road rage: When someone cuts you off – let it go, don’t take it personally. You cannot educate others on how to drive…it’s not worth the possible dangers if you get angry and honk, yell curse words, or use a variety of obscene hand gestures. Remember – you endanger yourself and your passengers when you try to get even with other drivers. Also, do not drive angry or in a bad mood.  Cool down, play some uplifting music, or…

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Man gets 17 years in prison for the 2015 wrong-way crash that killed two medical school students and badly injured three others… Jason Riley King  Greg Moran – Reporter A San Diego judge sentenced a former Miramar Marine who drove the wrong way down a freeway while drunk, crashing into a car full of medical students and killing two, to 17 years in prison Friday. The sentence Judge Joan Weber handed down to Jason Riley King brought to a close a gut-wrenching case, one that the veteran jurist who has been on the bench for 28 years said was the…

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