Nearly 90 percent of older drivers do not make inexpensive adaptations to their vehicles that can improve safety and extend their time behind the wheel, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Common vehicle adaptations like...
AAA projects 2.25 million New Englanders will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 3.5 percent increase over last year. The 2017 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005. Nationally we are...
Gas prices continue to rise in New England. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the latest gasoline demand measurement is the highest for the end of October since 2006. Nationally todays gas price is $2.56, today’s gas price is 5...
U.S. daylight-saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday when clocks are set back one hour. The time change can cause disturbed sleep patterns, and when combined with the earlier dusk and darkness during the evening commute, become a formula for drowsy...
In an effort to reduce weight and improve fuel economy, automakers continue to eliminate spare tires from new vehicles. According to new research from AAA, nearly one‐third (28 percent) of 2017 model year vehicles do not come with a spare tire as...
Because car crashes are the number one cause of death and injury for teens, and one in five teen drivers will be in a crash during their first year of driving, AAA urges parents to be good driving role models and help teens prepare for the most dangerous...
Motorists in New England are paying on average 3 cents less for a gallon of gasoline on the week with all states seeing prices at the pump either drop or hold steady. Today’s national gas price average is $2.48, which is 19 cents cheaper than a month...
New vehicle infotainment systems take drivers’ eyes and attention off the road and hands off the wheel for potentially dangerous periods of time, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Drivers using in-vehicle technologies...
Summer’s over and kids are back in school, but many people are making plans for at least one more getaway this fall, before the arrival of another busy holiday season. According to a new survey from AAA, more than one in four Americans (28 percent)...
Press Conference
Who: Bangor School Department Superintendent -Besty Webb,
AAA Traffic Safety Specialist – Harri Sterling,
Bangor Police- Officer Daniel Gastia
What: AAA, Bangor School Department & Law Enforcement to remind motorist and parents...
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