According to Allstate Insurance Company, more Californians crash their motor vehicles on December 15 (when there is a 23% jump in the number of accident claims above the daily average) than on any other day of the year. Allstate says it reached this conclusion after reviewing its auto insurance claims in the state over the last four years.
According to Robert Feldman, a Los Angeles Allstate agency owner, holiday shopping, weather, travel, and other distractions may be causing this rise in California car crashes. Allstate says the other worst days of the year for California car accidents are February 14, October 13, December 18, and September 5.
There are ways to decrease the chances of an Orange County, California car accident while driving regardless of the day of the year, including:
• Don't text message
• Don't talk on a handheld cellular phone
• Stop playing with the radio dial or fidgeting with the iPod
• Don't drive drunk
• Don't speed
• Adjust your driving to the traffic and weather conditions
• Don't drugged drive
• Obey the traffic laws
• Don't drowsy drive
• Don't distracted drive
To show you that a decrease in traffic fatalities is possible even when the odds are against it, the California Highway Patrol reported 11 traffic crash deaths during the first 60 hours of the Thanksgiving holiday period--that's 8 less deaths than during the same period for 2009. Thanksgiving is the holiday that is considered the most dangerous for US motorists.
Unfortunately, negligent motorists are not the only parties that can cause an Anaheim car crash. Trucking companies, auto manufacturers, and the state or local entity in charge with maintaining a street and its traffic devices have all been known to cause catastrophic injury accidents because of negligence or carelessness.
December 15 is Most Dangerous Day for California Drivers, PR Newswire, December 6, 2010
Thanksgiving traffic deaths down this year, The OC Register, November 27, 2010
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