Current Information For
Parents, Students and Instructors

Automobiles

ABS Education Alliance - The ultimate site for everything you need to know about ABS.

Auto Safety - Learn about jump starting, hydroplaning, air bags, and other resources.

Automobile Buyers Guide - Car and Driver allows you to search for specific models.

Automobile Information Center - Answering your questions about buying and leasing a new or used vehicle
Automotive Links - A huge clearing house of over 100,000 automotive related web sites.

Automotive Museums - Automotive museums, car history and car racing museums information.

Cars - NHTSA site that provides information about vehicles and vehicle equipment.

Cars.com - Get automotive maintenance tips.
Kelley Blue Book - Find automotive pricing on new and used cars.

Consumer Tips When Buying a Vehicle - Provides information on making a better purchase choice.

Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides - This site provides hot information for automobile purchasers.

Forbes.com - Check out the best and worst in a number of categories each year.

Guide to Automotive Resources – Guide to automotive resources.

Index of Automobile Manufactures - Index of the Web Automobile Manufacturers

Hybrid Cars - Information about hybrid vehicles, with daily news, blogs, interactive tools, including links.

Inner Auto - Explore the marvel of the automobile & examine each system 100’s of graphics.

Intelli-Choice - Buyers can search for models by their criteria finding the least expensive to own and operate.

Lemon Law Information - Lemon law information state by state w/site links.

Motor Trend Online - Editorials and articles on the new vehicles.

MSN Auto’s - Get car information and expert advice from MSN Autos.

The Ultimate Guide to SUV's - Looks at all aspects of SUV's.

Tire Care and Safety Guide - Ultimate guide on auto tire care and safety.

Motorcycles

Canadian Motorcycle Association - Oversees the interests in motorcycling throughout Canada.

Motorcycle Helmets - Motorcycle helmet resource center.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation - Resources for motorcycle safety.

Motorcycle Tips & Techniques - Great site for cycling, riding and equipment

Motorcycle Web Index -  Links to everything pertaining to motorcycles.

NHTSA Motorcycle Safety Program - Excellent resource for motorcycle information of all kind.
Two Wheel Safety Training - FAQ’s of Motorcycle Riding Instruction

Insurance & Crash Information

All About Automobile Insurance - Learn about basic insurance coverage's.

Car Crash Assessment Program - NHTSA crash rating results; also known as Stars Ratings.

Child Passenger Safety Program - NHTSA child passenger safety program.

Child Safety Seat Ratings - Information on child safety seats.

Crashtest.com - Detailed safety information, crash-testing, car buying tips and general auto safety.

How Insurance Works - Excellent site for understanding basic auto insurance terminology.

Insurance Information Institute - Great site to get basic auto insurance information

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -Organization dedicated to reducing highway crashes.

Seatcheck.org - Car Seat Inspection Locator Service

Government Agencies

Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety - An alliance of safety groups working together to make America's roads safer.

Center for Auto Safety - Excellent resource site for all safety related issues.

Center for Injury Research & Prevention - The country's largest research project devoted to children in crashes

DOT Auto Safety Hotline - gathers information about safety problems in motor vehicles and equipment.

Federal Highway Administration - 

Highway Safety Research Center - conducts research aimed at reducing deaths & injuries.

NHTSA - Great site for information on air bags, statistical information and federal safety programs.

Roadway Safety - Organization dedicated to reducing highway deaths & injuries by improving the physical design and condition of roadways.

The US Department of Transportation - Connects to most federal and state transportation sites.

Traffic Injury Research Foundation - National, independent road safety institute based in Canada

Transport Canada - Canada's national transportation agency

Licensing Information & the New Driver

GDL State by State - Examine each states GDL in its current format

Learning to Drive - Several guides for teenagers and their parents

National Safety Council on Teen Driving - A Family Guide to Teen Driver Safety

Teen Driver Information - Great Information from Allstate Insurance about costs, teen contracts, and lots more.

Teen Driving - A site full of tips to help new drivers.

Teens Behind the Wheel - Excellent piece by the National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
Beginning Teen Drivers - Insurance Institute PGF that sheds light on some teen driver issues.
Teen Driver Fact Sheet - Updated stats from National Center for Injury Prevention & Control

The Need for Graduated Licensing - NHTSA’s take on GDL

The Teenage Driver - American Academy of Pediatrics take on Teen Driving

Traffic Safety Village - Drivers.com hosts a comprehensive site with loads of traffic safety information

Traffic Signs - Learn everything about all types of traffic. Get gifs of traffic signs.

Maps & Travel

Excite Travel -  Personalized and comprehensive trip itineraries.

Google Maps - Zoomable maps focused on an address or post code.

Map Quest -  Maps, attractions, and available services for tourists.

MapNation - Print a Map and Get Driving Directions.

Map-Related Web Sites - A terrific collection of links to maps from Univ. of Texas.

Maps On Us! - Create maps showing directions to your home or workplace.

National Scenic By-Ways and Other Recreational Drives - Excellent site for travel
Online Map Creation - Create maps interactively at this site and download to your machine.

U.S. Gazetteer - Contains geographic information, maps, and census data. Also creates gif maps.

Windows Live Local - Personalized and comprehensive trip itineraries, with detailed maps.

Yahoo Maps - Yahoo's map facility. Street maps and driving directions for US cities.

Safety Organizations

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety - The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

Advocates for Highway Safety - Organizations working together for better highway safety laws at state and federal levels.

American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Assoc. - American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association.

Center for Auto Safety -  An advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader in 1970 to protect consumers' rights and lobby for auto safety standards.

Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways - CRASH works at the federal level to initiate and promote truck safety legislation around the issues of truck size and weight, truck driver fatigue, and vehicle maintenance.

Governor’s Highway Safety Association -  Represents the highway safety programs of states and territories on the human behavioral aspects of highway safety.

Illinois High School & College Driver Education Assoc. - Illinois' driver education teachers association.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - Scientific & educational organization dedicated to reducing highway crashes.

National Commission Against Drunk Driving - Organization dedicated to making DUI a socially unacceptable act.

National Institute for Driver Behavior - Dedicated to the premise that education is an essential component in the formula for crash reduction.

National Safety Belt Coalition - Public awareness of the importance of safety belts, child safety seats, and air bags.

National Safety Council - Get accident facts and statistics.

Operation Lifesaver -Dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries, & fatalities at highway-rail grade crossings.

Roadway Safety Foundation -National organization solely dedicated to reducing highway deaths and injuries by improving the physical characteristics of America's roads.

SafeKids.org - A global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental injuries.

The Highway Loss Data Institute - Summarizes recent injury, collision and theft info for different vehicle models.

U.S. Federal Highway Administration - United States office of Highway Safety

Weather & Road Information

National Traffic & Road Closures - 511 - America's Traveler Information Telephone Number; Construction Related; Local & State Transit Links; Traffic Conditions.

Traffic.com - Excellent site for finding up to the minute traffic conditions

US Road Conditions - Road conditions and road construction anywhere in the US.

Web Weather - Check weather conditions anywhere in the United States.

 Note:  Most every state has a number of sites that will show traffic congestion, construction and current conditions.

Alcohol & DUI

Drinking and Driving - Informational site that identifies ways to reduce drunk driving (DUI) problems

Drug-Free Resource Net - The most comprehensive & accurate compilation of information about drugs on the internet.

DUI FYI - Information on DUI laws and punishments for driving under the influence

Fatal Vision Goggles - A great site to get information on Fatal Vision Goggles. 

Intervention Instruction Inc. -Devoted to helping underage drinkers learn about the consequences of drinking and driving in a Virtual Party format.

MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving – Excellent site statistically

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - Latest statistics on substance abuse.

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - Provides information on substance abuse and referrals to

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Month - Impaired driving prevention campaign sponsored by NHTSA and the CDC.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism - How science is working to prevent and treat alcohol-related problems?

Total DUI - Find information on DUI and DWI laws in each state.

Traffic Issues

Aggressive Driving Conference Issues - The nature and causes of aggressive driving, as well as possible solutions

Ask Mr. Traffic - Discusses the current "hot" traffic issues.

Cell Phones and Driving - nsurance Information Institute discusses the issues.

DrDriving -  raise awareness of the behavior of aggressive driving

Drowsy Driving Statistics –  NSC statistics on Drowsy Driving

Graduated Driver Licensing Symposium -NSC symposium & papers on GDL

National Center For Statistics - National NCSA Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

National Road Safety Foundation - Aggressive driving behaviors

National Sleep Foundation - Resources for the Prevention of Drowsy Driving

School Bus Fleet Magazine - Information on all aspects of school bus transportation.

School Transportation News - Information on pupil transportation, reviews, stats, and state-by-state school bus laws.