driving

We all love to sing along to our favorite songs when we're alone in our cars, am I right?  This is Travis Carpenter, he was doing just that when his car started to hydroplane on some wet roads flip over backwards, then slide off the road and down a small hill...

The Augusta Police Department, in partnership with the Bureau of Highway Safety, is going to be conducting patrol activities throughout the city focusing on distracted driving.

An article in USA Today that quotes Car Insurance Comparison's (CIC) data that ranks the best drivers among the fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

State Police are stepping up patrols over the 4th of July weekend.

According to research, Maine commute times are shorter than the national average.

Teaching dogs to drive is relatively new. How about a driving school for dogs...some real training. Think of the benefits: Taxi drivers, first responders, delivery drivers, all working for Bacon Bits!

I cannot believe it, my oldest son will be starting driver's ed this spring.I also can't believe he saved $370 of the $430 it will cost.

I took a roller coaster ride yesterday... and it was on the Hallowell/Litchfield Road! Frost heaves and pot holes are back and with a vengeance.

We were talking on the Moose Morning Show on how, just looking at your cellphone while driving can get you a ticket. That made me think of this story I saw yesterday about a driver pulled over for eating, but not doing anything else wrong.

I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday who works for the Augusta Police Department and was asking about police policy on cell phone use in vehicles. I recently heard that someone got pulled over looking at their phone at the Bangor Street/North Belfast Avenue stop light. That person got a $300 fine! So, here's the deal.

Route 202, is a cross-state road that runs through Maine, and the piece from Auburn to Augusta is a stretch I take everyday. It has seen its worst year in a long while for fatalities in 2014.

Colonel Robert Williams, currently chief of the Maine State Police and a 30 year veteran of the state police, joined us on the Moose Morning Show. Safety on the highways is always a priority, even more so this time of year during the holidays.

Get this…those fancy hand-free features in your car; they might not be as safe as you think they are. Two studies seem to indicate just because you have the ability to make hands-free call or whatever; it may not be safe to do it. I guess, if you are in your car and on the roadway you still have to put driving first.

According to Time magazine, the intersection at Route 2 and Allen Street in Wilton is one of the ten most dangerous intersections in the country.

Last year in Maine there were more than 3,000 crashes and 12 deaths related to distracted driving. There is too much going on in vehicles. Originally, cars were used to get from here to there...no radios, no fast food and, certainly, no phones. There were crashes THEN!

Maine is on pace to see a jump in head-on collisions this year in the neighborhood of 25%. The Department of Transportation doesn’t have an official cause for the spike but many believe it has to do with phone use.