Comment/question No. 1: When I was a teenager in the late '60s, I was ticketed by the Ontario P.D. for excessive noise. The officer told me that because the music was audible outside the vehicle it was excessive and a public nuisance. My question is, how do the kids get away with the rolling boom boxes now? Read More »

TRUE OR FALSE? Next year, thanks to a new law, the line at the Department of Motor Vehicles will likely be so lengthy that it will wrap once around the block? Read More »

Question: The other day I was driving in the car-pool lane and noticed that the car ahead of me would move significantly to the left every time a motorcycle would pass it. Then I saw something I have never seen before. Every single motorcyclist gave the car a downward wave with their left arm. Is this some sort of secret ... Read More »

Question: The other day, I was on the 210 Freeway when a car to the left of me started to move into my lane. I honked my horn to alert him of my presence, but the other driver did not react. I had to slam on my brakes to keep him from hitting me. Then I noticed that the driver ... Read More »

Question: My pet peeve is when I see moms in SUVs driving in the car-pool lane with one or more young children in the car. I guess the kids left their cars in the garage. I always thought car-pool lanes were developed to encourage and reward drivers for leaving one or more vehicles at home, reducing congestion and pollution. I ... Read More »

A few Monday mornings ago, as I passed Ontario High School and approached an intersection, I realized that the green signal light was flashing. I looked again, thinking I was seeing things (as I think other drivers were doing, since all the traffic came to a halt). In the 20-plus years I have been driving, I have never seen flashing green lights. Read More »

Last week, my husband's car broke down on the freeway on his way home from work. When we went back to pick it up the next evening, his car had already been impounded and he had to pay big money to get it out. Read More »

My 22-year-old son recently received a traffic ticket for driving alone in the car-pool lane. He is trying to tell me that he doesn't have to go to traffic school for this offense. I am concerned that his car insurance is going to go up. Can you please tell me what the law is? Read More »

Institute research findings are published in scientific journals and presented at national and international forums. For easier access, some of the most important findings plus relevant information from other sources are distilled into Q&As covering highway safety topics from A to Z — airbags to zero-tolerance laws. Read More »

Developed in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and built by the tens of thousands worldwide, roundabouts are just now catching on in the United States. About 1,000 have been built in recent years. Read More »