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Current Traffic Safety Sites
For Parents, Students and Instructors
Check out
some of the internet sites listed below. These sites provide excellent
information for young drivers and parents alike. We have categorized the
web sites by topic for easier and quicker access. A special thanks
to Howard Theige of the Minot Public Schools in North Dakota for
his initial work assembling these sites.
ABS Education Alliance - The ultimate site for everything you
need to know about Anti Lock Brakes
All Things Automotive Directory - Everything you need to know
about cars.
Auto Safety - Learn about jump starting, hydroplaning, air
bags, and other resources.
Buyers Guide 2000
- Car and Driver allows you to search for
specific models.
Car Care Council - Get maintenance tips here.
Car Center by Intelli Choice - Buyers can search for models
by their criteria finding the least to own and operate.
Cars - NHTSA site that provides information about vehicles and
vehicle equipment.
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides - This site provides hot
information for automobile purchasers.
EV1 - Learn about this new experimental electric car built by
General Motors.
Kelley Blue Book - Find automotive pricing on new and used
cars.
Lemon Car Page - Offers general information concerning lemon
car cases.
Microsoft CarPoint - Information on purchasing cars.
Motor Trend Online - Editorials and articles on the new
vehicles.
Valvoline - This is a great site for car racing fans.
Motorcycle Safety (NHTSA) -
NHTSA's motorcycle
safety initiatives
Motorcycle Web Index - Links to everything pertaining to
motorcycles.
The
Motorcycle Safety Foundation - Resources for motorcycle safety.
Highway Loss Data Institute - Statistics and
facts concerning crashes and loss of life in the US.
Insurance News Network - Automotive Insurance -
Basic information about auto insurance.
Seat Belts - Reasons for seat belt usage.
Driver Ed Guru
- If you're learning to drive or helping teach your teenager this may be
a place to start.
Learning to Drive - Several guides for teenagers and their
parents
Traffic Safety Village - Drivers.com hosts a
comprehensive site with loads of traffic safety information
Parent Guide - Tips in helping your young
driver.
Ultimate Guide to Road
Signs
- Everything
you ever wanted to know
about traffic signs.
Teen Driver Information - Information
from Allstate Insurance about costs, teen contracts, and lots more.
Insurance Market - Real time
insurance quotes, compare rates or use their "Risk Evaluator."
Excite
Travel - Personalized and comprehensive trip itineraries.
Map Blast - Maps for the United States and
the world.
Map Quest - Maps, attractions, and available
services for tourists. A great site.
Map-Related Web Sites - A terrific
collection of links relating to maps and other cartographic
resources.
Maps On Us! - Create maps showing directions
to your home or workplace.
Motorists' Safety Information Bureau -
Protect yourself in a parking garage & how to prevent carjacking.
Online Map Creation -
Create maps
interactively at this site and download to your machine.
U.S. Gazetteer - Contains geographic
information, maps, and census data. Also creates gif maps.
AAA
Foundation for Traffic Safety - Promotes research &
education designed to prevent traffic crashes.
Advocates for Highway Safety -
an alliance of
consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents
working together to make America's roads safer.
American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association
Center for Auto Safety -
Advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader in
1970 to protect consumers' rights and lobby for auto safety standards.
Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways -
CRASH works at the federal level to initiate and promote truck safety
legislation around the issues of truck size and weight, truck driver
fatigue, and vehicle maintenance.
Illinois High School & College Driver Education Assoc. -
Illinois' driver education teachers association.
National Commission Against Drunk Driving - Organization
dedicated to making DUI a socially unacceptable act.
National Safety Belt Coalition - Public
awareness of the importance of safety belts, child safety seats, and air
bags.
National Safety Council - Get accident facts
and statistics.
Operation Lifesaver
- A nationwide,
non-profit public information program dedicated to reducing collisions,
injuries and fatalities at highway-rail grade crossings. This link is
The Illinois Operation Lifesaver web site.
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center -
Traffic safety research results.
Transportation Research Board - A
comprehensive site containing all kinds of transportation research.
Texas Transportation Institute - Research on transportation safety. Recent
projects have included the development of breakaway sign supports and
research on congestion on the nation's roadways.
The Highway Loss Data Institute - Summarizes
recent injury, collision & theft for different vehicles.
Who's Who in Traffic Safety - Comprehensive
list of traffic safety organizations w/addresses & phone.
Transport Topics - Weekly bulletins from the
trucking industry.
Drug-Free Resource Net - The most
comprehensive & accurate compilation of information about drugs on the
internet.
Fatal
Vision Goggles - A great site to get
information on Fatal Vision Goggles.
Keeping Youth Drug free - A guide to parents
and caregivers.
MADD - The home page for Mothers Against
Drunk Driving.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information -
Latest statistics on substance abuse.
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence -
Provides information on substance abuse and referrals to
affiliated throughout the country who provide counseling and treatment.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism -
How science is working to prevent and treat
alcohol-related problems?
Prevent Teen Drunk Driving
- Learn how to
prevent teenagers from
driving under the influence
of alcohol.
Teenage Drinking and Driving - Teenage drinking and driving
issues.
Teen Drunk Driving
- Statistics about drunk
driving among teenagers.
Teen Driving and Drugs
- An
article that discusses teen
driving under the influence
of drugs.
Young Drivers and Alcohol
- Comprehensive
information about the
effects of alcohol on teen
drivers.
AAA For Traffic Safety
- National Clearinghouse for Traffic
Safety Issues
Ask Mr. Traffic - Discusses the current
"hot" traffic issues.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - A
great site for information on all types of traffic safety issues.
Traffic Safety Information Village - Up to
date information on aggressive driving, "ROAD RAGE"
Sleep Medicine Home Page -
Everything you ever wanted to know about sleep
disorders
School
Transportation News - Information on pupil
transportation, state-by-state school bus laws.
Road Rage - Addresses road rage.
Novice Driver Program - "The Research Agenda for Improved
Novice Driver Program"
Fatality Statistics - National NCSA Data from the Fatality
Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
National Road Closure
Information - Find road conditions and road
construction anywhere in the US.
Web Weather - Check weather conditions
anywhere in the United States.
Illinois Department of Trans. - Current
Conditions on Chicago-land Expressways (updated every 60 sec.)
"Illinois
Ice Pack" Coalition - Information on Illinois road conditions during the winter months.
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