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SAFETY CULTURE ARTICLES

September 25, 2009 Get Your Heads Up, America!

Heads Up Driving Week is October 5 – 11, 2009

Try it for a week – Do it for life

What is Heads Up Driving Week?

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and AAA are concerned about your safety on our nation ...

July 12, 2009 AAA Foundation and Posit Science Join Together to Make Drivers Safe

WASHINGTON, D.C.-July 13, 2009 -The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety today announced that it would join with Posit Science, the leading provider of brain fitness programs, to enhance driver safety by improving drivers' minds. The AAA Foundation is ...

June 16, 2009 AAA Foundation 2009 Accomplishments

Throughout the first half of 2009, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has continued its mission of saving lives through research and education. As a publicly supported organization started in 1947, the Foundation has funded over 170 research projects designed ...

June 16, 2009 Tips for Safe Braking with Anti-lock Brakes

Do you know the correct way to use your anti-lock brakes (ABS) in an emergency? Anti-lock brakes are designed to prevent skidding, but a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that improper steering in vehicles equipped with ...

May 25, 2009 Time for Summer Travel

With the summer travel season upon us, more and more Americans will take to the road in these coming months, so the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has come up with some helpful reminders for how to stay safe in ...

SAFETY CULTURE NAVIGATION

Changing attitudes and behaviors that contribute to complacency about car crashes and risky driving.

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TRAFFIC FACT

Nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event.

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