Anyone who drives in the Bay Area experiences occasional road rage. However, chronic road rage is dangerous for you, your passengers, and others (including bikers and pedestrians). Learning more about the psychology of road rage can help you take control of your emotions and responses behind the wheel. Road Rage Contributes To Accidents And Traffic […]
We don’t get much snow here in the Bay Area, but towing and roadside assistance companies are extra busy this time of year due to freezing temps that make roads slicker than usual. Maintenance Note: Early winter is a perfect time to schedule a tune-up and allow your mechanic to give your car a routine […]
The S.F. Chronicle has posted multiple articles about the Bay Area’s car theft crisis in the past week. The numbers of both car break-ins and full-blown car stealing are at all-time highs. While most people have some type of financial cushion through their auto insurance policies, car thefts can still be crippling to the bank […]
Some of the car safety features we take for granted weren’t added or made mandatory until relatively recently in automobile history. For example, seatbelts didn’t become standard features in the U.S. It’s now estimated that seatbelts save more than 15,000 American lives each year and that nearly 2,600 people would be alive if they’d been […]
While we don’t have much snow and ice to speak of, Bay Area drivers should be prepared for fog as well as wet and rainy conditions. Driving safely in bad weather requires preparation, patience, and restraint. Driving as if the sun is shining and the roads are dry is a recipe for auto accident disaster. […]
