Have you planned your Halloween party yet? If you’re still in the process of making your Halloween plans, the likelihood is that you’ve thought of your costumes, of your itinerary for the evening, and possibly even consulted our site for some great local haunted houses to attend. However, if you’re having a party at your house, have you thought about how your plans might affect your pets? Here is how to keep your pets safe on Halloween.
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Is your Teen Ready to Drive Alone?
If you’ve been out and about on the Phoenix-area highways and byways, you’ve probably noticed a few more young motorists on the road. Possibly, you’re even the parent of a young driver, and are debating about whether or not it’s time to send them out on their own. After all, car accidents claim more lives than any other cause, and studies have shown that the first 12 months of solo driving are the most dangerous that any of us will have in our lives. So, is your teen ready to drive alone?
Tow Freely with these Trailer Hitch Installation Tips
During the summer months, many of us look forward to putting a trailer or boat behind our Titan or Armada and heading out into the wilderness. However, some of us aren’t as dexterous with a trailer hitch as we could be, and this is a problem that should undoubtedly be addressed before you head out onto the open road. Here are a few trailer hitch installation tips, from your pals at Avondale Nissan!
Get the Most out of Summer with these Grilling Safety Tips!
With weather like ours, it’s safe to argue that it’s never not grilling season. However, summer is when the grills kick into high gear, so that’s what we’re going to talk about today. There are many ways that grilling can go wrong, usually just by lack of oversight by the resident grillmaster. That’s why we at Avondale Nissan have compiled this list of grilling safety tips, each of which can help to make your cookout safe and delicious!
NHTSA to use Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving
Isn’t technology wonderful? In recent years, we’ve seen technology used to create driverless cars, illuminate highways, use our smartphones in ways never thought imaginable, and take the Nissan LEAF to astonishing green-thinking heights. Now, could we potentially use technology to prevent drunk driving? That’s what the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is betting, with its new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program, or DADSS for short. It is still in the early stages of its design, but if all goes well, we could see it in cars within the next few years.
2015 Nissan Murano Safety Ratings take Center Stage
2015 Nissan Murano Safety Ratings
We’re pretty well-versed in all of Nissan’s safety features in these parts, and with good reason. It’s never been a secret that Nissan’s Safety Shield Technology, which protects, monitors and responds to external safety factors, is among the finest in the entire industry. However, we sometimes get excited when we get news from an outside source regarding our vehicles, and that’s what has happened today. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its results from the incredibly competitive “small overlap” tests, and it looks as though the 2015 Nissan Murano safety ratings were the toast of the midsize SUV segment.
How Cops Catch You for Texting and Driving
If you haven’t noticed, texting while driving has become a real hot-button issue as of late. This isn’t because it’s simply something people want to talk about, and something that we expect to go away once the furor dies down. Texting while driving, and the danger that comes along with it, is here to stay. And if you’ve ever wondered how cops catch you for texting and driving, they’re getting more savvy all the time.
Just in Time for Drowsy Driving Awareness Day…the Nissan Driver Attention Alert
Are you familiar with drowsy driving? Even if you don’t know it by name, you certainly know it by its symptoms. Losing attention while you’re driving, shaking out of a trance, yawning constantly–all of these represent potential concerns. Today is actually Drowsy Driving Awareness Day, and it just so happens to coincide with the announcement of the Nissan Driver Attention Alert, available on the 2015 Nissan Murano and the upcoming 2016 Nissan Maxima.
Help Fight Texting and Driving with Nissan's #RedThumb Driver Safety Campaign!
Nissan Red Thumb Driver Safety Campaign
In recent years, few causes have inspired such a large amount of public outcry as has texting while driving. As phones have become more ubiquitous in our cars, so too has the desire to use them, which has led to an enormous surge in the amount of accidents and injuries that can be directly attributed to the distraction that our phones cause. It’s been made illegal in most states, and the amount of public awareness has never been greater.
However, more can always be done, and to that end, Nissan has launched the Red Thumb driver safety campaign, starring The Voice judge, Maroon 5 frontman and friend of the family Adam Levine.
How to Drive Safely in Windy Conditions
How to Drive Safely in Windy Conditions
Even in an area as beautiful as ours, we sometimes face some tricky weather this time of year. Fluky storms, wind, and the like. However, it’s the wind in particular that has our attention here. After all, how do you drive safely in windy conditions? Should you drive at all? We at Avondale Nissan have a few pointers to make sure you safely negotiate unpredictable wind conditions in these coming months.