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No Good Choices When Your Vehicle is Disabled on a Highway

Posted On Mar 26, 2012 @ 02:24 AM by Ira Slavit

Whether or not to get out of your car is a big question, maybe a life-determining one.  With cars, trucks and buses speeding by so closely, you feel that if your vehicle is hit your will defineitely be injured, if not killed.  And you worry about everyone else in your vehicle.  But if you get out, you lose the protection the vehicle's metal provides to you, especially if your vehicle is struck and debris flies.

New Traffic Laws in New York for 2012 - Part 1

Posted On Dec 28, 2011 @ 12:02 AM by Ira Slavit

Three new traffic laws that will go into effect in 2012 include: (1) an expansion of the Move Over Law to include tow trucks and other hazard vehicles; (2) a rise from 2 to 3 points on a driver license for using a handheld phone or other portable electronic device while driving; and (3) a ban from being a school bus driver for anyone convicted of a wide range of crimes.