AAA calls for better road safety to reduce automotive fatalities

Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of accident-related death in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is why the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is encouraging drivers to make New Year's resolutions to be safer and smarter on the roads in 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that there were fewer lives lost in automotive accidents in 2010 than in the past 60 years. While this shows that road safety is improving, president and CEO of the foundation Peter Kissinger believes that more should be done to further these improvements.

"Even one death on our roads is unacceptable," said . "Something is terribly amiss in our traffic safety culture when, in the safest year since 1949, on average there is still one needless death every 16 minutes in motor vehicle crashes. To reach zero deaths each driver must take a moment to assess his driving habits and ask, 'when it comes to safe driving, am I part of the problem or part of the solution?'"

Even if drivers are safe on the road, there is still the chance that an accident can occur. Damages to the vehicle can be expensive to fix, but an extended warranty can cover the cost so drivers have one less thing to worry about if they are in a crash.