According to studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), August is the most dangerous month for driving. In January 2008, there were 2,818 traffic-related deaths. In August, however, there were 3,612. That’s a difference of 800 deaths! Another scary fact is that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for people between one and 34. According to Russ Rader, a spokesperson for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, driving is the riskiest thing most people do each day.

Another popular belief is that most accidents occur during rush hour on Friday because everybody is in a rush to get home. However, Saturdays are actually the deadliest days to be on the roads and highways.

In terms of numbers, speeding is the main factor in 30 percent of all fatal traffic accidents. Alcohol contributes to 54 percent of nighttime traffic fatalities and 18 percent of daytime traffic deaths. More than 65 percent of the people killed on the roads at night were not wearing their seatbelts.

Your Chevrolet NJ dealer wants to bring these facts to your attention so you can adjust your driving behaviors accordingly when you’re behind the wheel of your Chevrolet cars. After all, we all just want to get home to our families safely every night, but it’s a group effort.

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The writer tells how she and her family were driving around early on New Year’s Eve. She noticed her car had 3,000 miles on it since she last had the oil changed. Heeding her father’s advice, she pulled into the nearest oil change station she saw. But this station was different than any others she had seen before. This station had four women and no men at the place to do the oil change and other minor repairs that customers may need.

“Oh, my gosh, you’re all women!” she exclaimed out her window in surprise.

“Yeah,” said manager Jen Good. “We hear that a lot. We already know it.”

When asked about the reason there is only one man working at the station, Good said that men usually do not work out there. “We try to hire men,” she explained, “but they usually don’t work out.” She went on to say that men are typically “too messy” and they leave “too many fingerprints on the hood” and “too much oil dripping on the bumpers.” Unfortunately, she also said that many men pull into the station and leave in a huff once they see the workers are all women.

So if you’re one of those “macho” men that generally wouldn’t let a woman work on your Chevrolet cars, change your attitude. It’s 2009 and time to use some common sense.

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The sales figures for Chevrolet hybrids were one bright spot for the domestic automaker. Overall, GM sold about 2,500 hybrids in December. That includes nearly 1,000 hybrid Chevrolet Tahoes and more than 450 Chevrolet Malibu hybrids. The overall sales figures for December include nearly 222,000 units sold and 2,980,688 for all of 2008.

When you break those numbers down, the report seems even more impressive. Here are some highlights from the GM press release:

• December sales were up about 30 percent when compared with October. When compared with November, December sales were up about 43 percent.
• December’s market share for December was about 24 percent, a four-point increase over November.
• GM’s market share for the second half of 2008 was about two points higher than the market share for the first half.

We could look at and analyze sales figures all day. The important thing to take away from this is that Chevrolet cars are still popular among today’s consumers despite the bad news that has been circulating in recent months. Visit your Chevrolet NJ dealer today and get a great deal on one of these cars while the bargains are still hot!

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The new guidelines call for every vehicle in the state of New Jersey to “achieve average fuel economy of 40.5 miles per gallon by 2016.” That’s all well and good, but some people are complaining because the state’s officials are not leading by example. In fact, the state’s Department of Purchasing is “accepting bids next week to buy a fleet that includes big SUVs with fuel economy that barely escapes single digits.”

If they want to use the big SUVs and save the world at the same time, they should just go to a Chevrolet NJ dealer and bid on hybrid Chevrolet cars and SUVs. The new Chevrolet hybrid SUVs meet the strictest of emissions standards and they are even cost-effective. Even if the state won’t lead by example, you can still do something good for yourself and the earth by investing in a Chevrolet hybrid. Check one out today!

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Chevrolet cars wouldn’t be the only ones affected by an appointed “car czar.” The Big Three automakers asking for bailout money would be subject to such an overseer as part of an agreement to them accepting the money. The overseer would be part of the Commerce Department and the person in this position would also have the power to restructure companies or force them to declare bankruptcy.

Some members of Congress want to give the makers Chevrolet car maker and other automakers the emergency bailout money now with the condition that President-elect Obama could name an overseer when he takes office.

Either way, the spokesperson for the White House said that they will insist that “taxpayer assistance only be considered for companies willing to make the difficult decisions across the scope of their businesses to be viable and competitive in the future.”

If you’ve invested in a new Chevrolet car in the last few years, you know that the automaker has made great strides in new technology and fuel economy in order to compete in today’s changing market. You can be assured they will continue to be a competitor in the auto industry for years to come.

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