Auto Safety

In the five seconds it takes to respond to a text, sweep on a coat of mascara or unwrap a breakfast sandwich, a vehicle moving at 55 mph can travel the length of a football field. Succumbing to those common distractions is like driving that distance blindfolded, highway safety experts say.

Teen drivers are four times more likely to crash than motorists 20 and older, and the fatal crash rate for teens is nearly three times higher than that of older drivers.

Planting season is underway in Virginia, and drivers are being encouraged to use caution when encountering farm equipment on the state’s roadways.

It’s that time of year when drivers should prepare for the added dangers of sharing Virginia’s roadways with deer.

Virginia Farm Bureau Federation encourages motorists to slow down, make room and pass safely. 

Fall ushers in more than a change of seasons—it’s also the time when drivers encounter additional deer on roadways.

September is Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Month in Virginia.

The average American is three generations removed from the farm, and that’s creating a problem on Virginia’s roadways.

Farmers want motorists to exercise caution when they see them driving farm equipment on back roads and busy highways.

A new video funded by a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles highway safety grant was created to help reduce traffic deaths involving slow-moving vehicles.