# Safety **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/safety/9.md?page=13 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 14 --- ## [Windshield washing fluid](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windshield-washing-fluid/80491)
**Author:** [@longprime](https://community.cartalk.com/u/longprime)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windshield-washing-fluid/80491 "2013-07-29T18:56:33Z")
So often do you change it? --- ## [Wife is blinded by glare](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wife-is-blinded-by-glare/80467)
**Author:** [@Euroman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Euroman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wife-is-blinded-by-glare/80467 "2013-07-22T20:18:39Z")
Hi, My wife is 5' 5" and I am 6' 2", when I drive our 2012 ford escape I have no problems but when My wife drives the car she get a reflective glare from the sun between 12 noon and 3/4pm off of the plastic over the inst… --- ## [Short people sitting taller](https://community.cartalk.com/t/short-people-sitting-taller/78680)
**Author:** [@Danicha](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Danicha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/short-people-sitting-taller/78680 "2013-06-06T00:15:19Z")
We are short and need to sit taller behind the wheel. Have already raised driver seat to max. Who mfrs booster seats for us wizened geezers? --- ## [Are Teens More at Risk?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-teens-more-at-risk/78582)
**Author:** [@khawkins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/khawkins)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-teens-more-at-risk/78582 "2013-06-05T02:41:25Z")
Distracted driving is a truth for people everywhere, no matter their age. But according to this infographic, teen drivers seem to be the most at risk. http://www.attorneykohm.com/auto-accident-blog/infographic-teen-dri… --- ## [Meadow Soprano wants a new car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meadow-soprano-wants-a-new-car/79034)
**Author:** [@PeterAcre](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PeterAcre)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meadow-soprano-wants-a-new-car/79034 "2013-04-30T04:48:35Z")
Guess what radio program Tony Soprano is listening to? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL1975iaLoU --- ## [It's not good when you hear your car coming before you see it](https://community.cartalk.com/t/its-not-good-when-you-hear-your-car-coming-before-you-see-it/74817)
**Author:** [@optiongeek](https://community.cartalk.com/u/optiongeek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/its-not-good-when-you-hear-your-car-coming-before-you-see-it/74817 "2013-02-11T04:35:04Z")
It's not exactly "distracted driving", but I guess you could call it that if what the driver is distracted by is shear stupidity. As I waited for the valet attendant to return with my 2006 Honda Odyssey, I heard a lou… --- ## [Shifted My Honda Accord Into Park on the Highway](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifted-my-honda-accord-into-park-on-the-highway/69785)
**Author:** [@effj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/effj)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shifted-my-honda-accord-into-park-on-the-highway/69785 "2013-02-11T04:25:53Z")
Hello, I came to the Cartalk forums to post this ridiculous story, not realizing there was a perfect category in which to list it. Distracted, I did something really stupid this week on the way to work: I shifted int… --- ## [How do you ask carpool drivers of your kids not to talk on the phone while driving?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-you-ask-carpool-drivers-of-your-kids-not-to-talk-on-the-phone-while-driving/55712)
**Author:** [@alisonthesp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/alisonthesp)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-you-ask-carpool-drivers-of-your-kids-not-to-talk-on-the-phone-while-driving/55712 "2012-12-17T00:16:26Z")
I have 3 children, and as they get older, the only way I'll stay sane is if I receive (and contribute) to carpool help. However, the use of cell phones while driving seems to be so ubiquitous (not illegal in our state) t… --- ## [Hows this for Distracted Driving](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hows-this-for-distracted-driving/75813)
**Author:** [@Dizzy\_Dolphin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dizzy_Dolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hows-this-for-distracted-driving/75813 "2012-11-29T21:49:09Z")
I am a Product Relocation Specialist aka Truck driver. I believe it was in Virgina a truck driver Ran off the road in to the woods and was knocked out. While knocked out the police came upon his truck and noticed … --- ## [Found a hood ornament in the woods](https://community.cartalk.com/t/found-a-hood-ornament-in-the-woods/75152)
**Author:** [@Ryno](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ryno)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/found-a-hood-ornament-in-the-woods/75152 "2012-10-25T22:45:39Z")
I found this cool art deco hood ornament while working in the Washington Park Arboretum. Anyone know what car it might have come from? --- ## [Is this the stupidest thing yet?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-thing-yet/65893)
**Author:** [@RayG](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RayG)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-the-stupidest-thing-yet/65893 "2012-10-10T06:14:20Z")
A Blackberry Tablet WINDSHIELD mount! a 10 inch rectangle of death. http://shop.crackberry.com/igrip-windshield-tablet-kit/3A78A8593.htm --- ## [Won't Start Texting](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wont-start-texting/73912)
**Author:** [@marshwpg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/marshwpg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wont-start-texting/73912 "2012-08-04T21:43:38Z")
Hi. I hope you like "Won't Start Texting" my free youtube music video about the dangers of distracted driving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePJU-nU4VpU p.s. you might also like "With Restraints" my tune about child… --- ## [Passenger that Squeeks!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-that-squeeks/72835)
**Author:** [@teri5393](https://community.cartalk.com/u/teri5393)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-that-squeeks/72835 "2012-08-01T16:06:34Z")
I am babysitting my daughters Toyota Camry hybrid (she lives in NYC currently and occasionally comes home to NC and drives her car). I drive the car a few times a week. Friday, when I went to put the groceries in the p… --- ## [Best Way to Have a Wreck](https://community.cartalk.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-wreck/71272)
**Author:** [@terry37128](https://community.cartalk.com/u/terry37128)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-wreck/71272 "2012-06-22T14:12:11Z")
I posed this question to the Car Talk guys about 8 years ago and I don't know whether it ever was answered. When you are stopped in stop-and-go traffic on a busy road and you look into the rear-view mirror to see a vehic… --- ## [Ford first to support bill banning handheld phones while driving](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-first-to-support-bill-banning-handheld-phones-while-driving/66211)
**Author:** [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-first-to-support-bill-banning-handheld-phones-while-driving/66211 "2012-06-22T00:06:13Z")
We're on the verge of having a nationwide ban on using handheld cell phones while driving, and Ford is the first automaker to stand behind the cause. According to The Detroit Free Press, Ford's vice president of governme… --- ## [Do you use your phone while you drive?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-use-your-phone-while-you-drive/42948)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-use-your-phone-while-you-drive/42948 "2012-06-20T02:46:26Z")
We know that lots of people talk on the phone while driving. Are you one of them? No judgment here! (Well, we'll keep it to ourselves). We just want to engage folks in a discussion about why people use the phone whi… --- ## [Spilled Soda Responsible For Injuries & Damaged Homes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spilled-soda-responsible-for-injuries-damaged-homes/67920)
**Author:** [@DfromSD](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DfromSD)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spilled-soda-responsible-for-injuries-damaged-homes/67920 "2012-05-25T15:48:22Z")
Another accident caused by distracted driving. Injured two people and nearly destroyed two homes..and it could have been much worse! http://www.argusleader.com/article/20110914/ARGUS911/110914028/Spilled-soda-led-car-c… --- ## [A road rage crash in NH](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-road-rage-crash-in-nh/71322)
**Author:** [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-road-rage-crash-in-nh/71322 "2012-03-07T21:13:43Z")
Yesterday morning, just before noon, on a clear divided highway (the Everette Turnpike) in excellent condition and in excellent weather, we had a road rage incident sparked by a driver in an SUV apparently cutting off a … --- ## [Making better drivers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/making-better-drivers/71162)
**Author:** [@holtwebb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/holtwebb)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/making-better-drivers/71162 "2012-03-01T02:59:04Z")
Many people are talking about the latest safety features designed to prevent accidents where driver error was the cause. And many people are talking about distracted drivers and how to make driving safer for them while t… --- ## [How do I avoid getting rearended?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-avoid-getting-rearended/70208)
**Author:** [@muminutah](https://community.cartalk.com/u/muminutah)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-avoid-getting-rearended/70208 "2012-02-12T03:23:29Z")
I had a Toyota 2008 Rav4. I bought it new 3 years ago. It was Red. I got rearended 3 times in that car. The first two times, I was stopped at a red light. The Third time, I was on the Interstate, slowing down be… --- ## [The State of Nevada has really cracked down on drivers talking and texting on cellphones](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-state-of-nevada-has-really-cracked-down-on-drivers-talking-and-texting-on-cellphones/70529)
**Author:** [@katidid79](https://community.cartalk.com/u/katidid79)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-state-of-nevada-has-really-cracked-down-on-drivers-talking-and-texting-on-cellphones/70529 "2012-01-23T11:07:05Z")
Our esteemed Governer Brian Sandoval passed the law banning the use of cellphones while driving this past fall and it went into full effect on New Years Day. Since then I've seen more people being pulled over by city, c… --- ## [Manhole covers and swerving](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manhole-covers-and-swerving/52856)
**Author:** [@Ravyn624](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ravyn624)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manhole-covers-and-swerving/52856 "2011-12-20T12:02:25Z")
Many a time I have seen people in front of me jerk their steering wheel one way or another to avoid going over a manhole cover. I have often wondered which is the lesser of two evils: 1. Driving over the manhole cove… --- ## [2006 dodge 1500 SLT four door pickup truck, windshield wiper problems](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-1500-slt-four-door-pickup-truck-windshield-wiper-problems/69655)
**Author:** [@jries007](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jries007)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-1500-slt-four-door-pickup-truck-windshield-wiper-problems/69655 "2011-11-29T23:11:11Z")
The wipers occasionally do not work at all and are prone to change speed or quit at random. Very hazzardous in the rain at night.The dealer wants $400 to replace the multi function switch and $1000 to replace the body mo… --- ## [My distracted driving story](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-distracted-driving-story/68055)
**Author:** [@AlanDrewskee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanDrewskee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-distracted-driving-story/68055 "2011-09-24T16:15:37Z")
Hi, all. Well, although I haven't gotten into any distraction-disasters per-se, I suppose that I could share with you a little story involving the closest i've gotten to distracted driving. Last year, in the winter, th… --- ## [Allthe new visual distractions on the center of the dash](https://community.cartalk.com/t/allthe-new-visual-distractions-on-the-center-of-the-dash/62451)
**Author:** [@mcphix](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcphix)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/allthe-new-visual-distractions-on-the-center-of-the-dash/62451 "2011-08-02T22:02:57Z")
cellphones distraction humbug, what about all the new features that need a rocket science degree to operate let alone the amount of time that they take your eyes off the road to operate them. \[even the sound systems --- ## [Is an in-car Navigation system a distraction?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-an-in-car-navigation-system-a-distraction/58208)
**Author:** [@trigg\_b](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trigg_b)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-an-in-car-navigation-system-a-distraction/58208 "2011-07-28T15:34:10Z")
Ok - I'm interested in adding a portable or in-dash navigation system. What systems out there provide the least amount of manual interaction/distraction, but still get you where you need to go? I have an iPhone and I th… --- ## [Final solution - Cell phone jammers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/final-solution-cell-phone-jammers/56507)
**Author:** [@Metalhead999](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Metalhead999)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/final-solution-cell-phone-jammers/56507 "2011-07-18T17:50:22Z")
On my daily commute I see no less than ten drivers fiddling with their cell phones in some way. It slows me down, creates unexpected hazards, and generally irks me. (Not to mention it's illegal where I live) Browsing t… --- ## [What's best used foreign car for mpg and safety?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-best-used-foreign-car-for-mpg-and-safety/65558)
**Author:** [@eb88](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eb88)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-best-used-foreign-car-for-mpg-and-safety/65558 "2011-06-25T01:46:12Z")
We need a FOREIGN commuter car that's safe and gets great m.p.g., better than the Volvo XC wagon my husband's driving now. (He puts on 25K miles annually, country roads and highway.) VW Jetta diesel seems safe & gets gr… --- ## [Distracted driving will not change](https://community.cartalk.com/t/distracted-driving-will-not-change/55630)
**Author:** [@stinky\_81-911](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stinky_81-911)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/distracted-driving-will-not-change/55630 "2011-06-14T23:59:25Z")
As I see it, people will continue to drive while texting, talking on the phone, playing with the GPS or a fiddling with a radio you need an engineering degree just to turn on, regardless of the laws. The punishment is n… --- ## [Best safety and price for teen car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/best-safety-and-price-for-teen-car/65049)
**Author:** [@2kidsdriving](https://community.cartalk.com/u/2kidsdriving)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/best-safety-and-price-for-teen-car/65049 "2011-06-02T03:09:15Z")
I have 16 year-old boy/girl twins, level headed with good grades. I need two new cars. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/safety/9.md?page=12) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/safety/9.md?page=14)