What you should carry in case of an emergency

After you finish winterizing your car, it's a good idea to go through the collectibles in your trunk.  It's time to remove the fishing gear and beach chairs and make room for the essentials in case you get stuck or break down while driving in the snow.

Follow these 10 important safety signs!

CollisionMax and Road Traffic Signs want you to stay safe this holiday season. With Christmas fast approaching, traffic at the malls is at an all time high. Auto body shops in NJ and PA can't keep up with the influx of wrecked vehicles. Take a look at this helpful graphic provided by www.roadtrafficsigns.com:

Trouble Can Start the Moment You Stop

Most of us learned at an early age that we should never talk to strangers, so common sense should dictate that inviting a stranger into our car is a no-no of biblical proportions.  But how many times have we pitied that hitchhiker or stranded motorist walking along the shoulder of the road and thought, "He or she looks OK.  Should I stop?"

Do You Have to Think About Driving Safely?

Im going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it . . .  and be the ball.  Be the ball, be the ball, be the ball."

Highway Hazards

It's bad enough we have to navigate through crazed drivers, road ragers and driving drunks, but there is another threat that seems to be falling from the clear-blue sky.  Debris falling off trucks and cars is causing 3 million auto accidents each year. Auto body shops in PA alone see damaged vehicles hit by debris on a monthly basis.

Driving on Medication

Most of us would never think to drink and drive, but what about using drugs and driving? Many medications, including common over-the-counter drugs, can cause drowsiness and impair your ability to drive.  Motorists taking medication for allergies, colds and flu, aches and pains, depression or insomnia may be as much at risk as a drunk driver. Auto body repair shops in PA and NJ are constantly fixing damaged vehicles due to impaired drivers.

Defensive driving is a technique that can greatly reduce your chances of being involved in an auto accident -- and it works! Defensive driving assumes that you are a good driver and won't cause an accident yourself through poor judgment, carelessness, stupidity, or inexperience. It also assumes that every other driver on the road is a homicidal maniac, that something unexpected is always about to happen, and that whatever is around the next corner could jump out and cause a wreck.

It's an all too familiar sight: a cell-phone-wielding maniac weaving in and out of traffic and drifting across lanes, completely distracted by the device glued to his ear. Using a hand-held mobile phone while driving is now illegal in nearly 30 countries, and studies have shown that gabbing with a foot on the gas can be more lethal than drinking and driving.

Sharing the Road with Trucks

With 10 gears, 500 horsepower and an average cruising speed of 65 miles per hour, today's commercial vehicles were built with the long-haul in mind. But if you've ever gotten stuck behind an 18-wheeler in the city, you are all too aware of how slow and clumsy these big rigs can be off the highway.

Does Driver Safety Training Really Make Us Streetwise?

You’ve probably heard the saying that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, but you probably didn’t know that a little knowledge can also be hazardous to your health.  Unfortunately, highway accident statistics show us time and time again that ignorance can kill on the open road.