According to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than one-in-five (21 percent) fatal crashes involve driver fatigue. These results help confirm what safety experts have long suspected:  the prevalence of drowsy driving is much greater than official statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) currently indicate.  As daylight saving time ends and evening commutes darken, AAA urges drivers to recognize warning signs of driver fatigue and take action to avoid tragedy during this holiday season.

On November 15th, Dave Riccio, Matt Allen, and Dave Denmon of KTAR radio will be at the Velma Teague Branch Library on 7010 N. 58th Ave in Glendale to answer your automotive questions and reveal the secrets to extending your car’s lifespan. Stop by at 1:15pm and ask a few of your own and pick up some knowledge from the pros in the automobile industry. The program is absolutely free and no registration is required, see you there!

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Phoenix, AZ (November 9, 2014) –– The holiday season is rapidly approaching and one Valley organization is already working to give back to the community. NARPRO (Neighborhood Auto Repair Professionals) is teaming up with Packages from Home to ensure active military troops have a happy holiday season. Many active duty military personnel will not be home with family during the holidays, but Packages from Home works to provide troops serving overseas basic necessities and special treats to remind how appreciated and respected they are by their Nation at home.

Throughout all of November and December, all NARPRO shops will be supporting the troops by teaming up with Packages from Home. To participate, the community is encouraged to bring a comfort or care item to any NARPRO shop, which will then be collected and packaged off to troops in active duty. Along with these items, a coupon is available online at www.narpro.com and good for 10% off of labor for any auto repair service.

Designed by Steve Lang and Nick Lariviere, the Long-Term Quality Index aims to give the average car buyer better insight on long-term reliability when it comes time to purchase a car. By using real-world used automobile data, the buyer is provided with a way to compare different years, makes, and models based on reliability data taken from vehicles that have been traded in. The Long-Term Quality Index focuses on powertrain issues, and the distribution of automobiles by mileage.

You're able to get a better understanding of your potential automobile lifespan by taking a look at these mileage distribution chart. In these mileage charts, the blue curve with the darker background represents the average distribution of cars (across all makes and models in our database). Many models have a similar distribution of automobile, which represents a normal distribution of automobile (most cars are in the middle range of mileage, between 120,000 and 180,000 miles).

If you're headed over the river and through the woods this holiday season, make sure your car is prepared for the cold weather ahead. Automotive expert Lauren Fix, The Car Coach shares these important holiday travel tips on The Weather Channel.