Driver's Side

• Collisions work with very little time
When motor vehicle crashes are reconstructed, it is not uncommon to find that if a driver could have a quarter of a second of time back, he or she would not have been involved in the collision.

• Driver's Side - Alabama ranked second in U.S. in decline of number of highway deaths from 2006 to 2007
Alabama ranked second nationally for its decline in the number of highway deaths from 2006 to 2007, according to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

• Driver's Side - Alabama ranked second in U.S. in decline of number of highway deaths from 2006 to 2007
Alabama ranked second nationally for its decline in the number of highway deaths from 2006 to 2007, according to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

• Time switch boosts danger for pedestrians
It has happened to all of us. We get the walk signal in downtown Birmingham, step off the curb and then are forced to dodge a driver who did not stop on red before making a right turn from the intersecting street.

• Time switch boosts danger for pedestrians
It has happened to all of us. We get the walk signal in downtown Birmingham, step off the curb and then are forced to dodge a driver who did not stop on red before making a right turn from the intersecting street.

• Chances that drivers will hit deer go up in the fall
State Farm Insurance officials estimate a driver's chances of hitting a deer on an Alabama road over the next 12 months is one in 196.

• Gas tank urban legend punctured
Oh, drat!! It was only an urban legend.

• Why are some interstate lights dark in Birmingham?
Several Driver's Side readers, including Rick Whisenant of Odenville and Jerry Nietupski of Gardendale, asked why there are so many highway lights out around the metro area.

• Why are some interstate lights dark in Birmingham?
Several Driver's Side readers, including Rick Whisenant of Odenville and Jerry Nietupski of Gardendale, asked why there are so many highway lights out around the metro area.

• Fuel gauge icon indicates gas tank location
is on vacation Have you ever pulled up to the gas pump in a borrowed or rented vehicle only to discover that you've pulled up on the wrong side?

• Statistics show frightful danger on roads for Halloween Friday
Here's a scary thought for Halloween: Federal statistics show the number of motor vehicle deaths increases an average of 30 percent when Oct. 31 falls on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

• Truckers' sage advice: Pay attention to avoid wrecks
The top drivers for the American Trucking Association offer the following driving tips.

• Truckers' sage advice: Pay attention to avoid wrecks
The top drivers for the American Trucking Association offer the following driving tips.

• Know the digits to dial to report a street light outage
Here's a phone number to keep in your car now that daylight saving time is about to end Nov. 2 and we enter the driving-home-in-the-dark days.

• Ginny McDonald - Alabama Department of Education sponsoring online surveys at some Montgomery high schools to identify teen driving habits
habits in survey This is teen driver safety week. Alabama is a prime state to support that cause, because it ranks eighth nationally for the number of deaths caused by teen drivers, and has been in the top 10 since 2003.

• Women want more storage space in cars
This one's for the girls or, rather, the female commuters.

• Women want more storage space in cars
This one's for the girls or, rather, the female commuters.