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You’ve probably heard about the growing number of states trying to ban the use of handheld cell phones for drivers behind the wheel. But your Mercedes-Benz dealers want to bring your attention to an entirely new movement going on right now. The National Safety Council wants to ban the use of hands-free cell phones when you’re driving, too. The rationale is that you are more likely to lose your focus and get into an accident when talking even though both hands are on the wheel.

“Studies show that driving while talking on a cell phone is extremely dangerous and puts drivers at a four times greater risk of a crash,” said Janet Froetscher, CEO of the NSC. That includes people talking on Bluetooth and other hands-free devices. “When you’re on a call, even if both hands are on the wheel, your head is in the call, and not on your driving,” she explained.

According to the Harvard Center of Risk Analysis, cell phone conversations account for about six percent of crashes each year. That might not seem like a large percentage, but it “equals 636,000 crashes, 330,000 injuries, 12,000 serious injuries and 2,600 deaths.” Try telling those 2,600 families that a six percent contribution doesn’t make much difference in the overall perspective.

You may want to call all your friends when you’re on your way home from buying a new car from your Lawrenceville, NJ Mercedes-Benz dealer. However, suppress that urge and wait until you get home. It’s not worth the risk to try it when you’re behind the wheel.

Your Mercedes dealers want to discuss some legislation that is being proposed in the Senate right now. Earlier this month, a bill was introduced that would offer low-income families a $10,000 incentive if they trade in their old, gas-guzzling cars for newer, more efficient vehicles. Here are some details of that bill:

• Eligible consumers would have to make less than $25,000 per year. Eligible households need to make less than $40,000 to qualify for the incentive.
• Eligible automobiles for purchase following a trade-in would have to be manufactured by a company with a facility in the United States. The new vehicles would also be required to have a fuel economy that “is not less than 25 miles per gallon, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency…”
• The new vehicle must also have a fuel economy that is at least “4.9 miles per gallon greater than” the trade-in vehicle.
• The trade-in vehicle must be operable and registered under the eligible individual before December 1, 2008.

These are just a few details of the proposed bill. You can read the entire bill here. Your Cherry Hill, NJ area Mercedes-Benz dealer can also help you make sense of the new legislation if it passes. If it goes through, it will be a great way to start phasing out the older vehicles so we can put more efficient ones on the road. We’ll see what happens with this and keep you updated.

The Mercedes-Benz Championship golf tournament starts on tomorrow and you can bet your Benz dealers will be watching with great interest.

This year’s Mercedes-Benz Championship will seem oddly familiar to fans who watched last year’s tournament. It is going to feature 33 golfers and six of them were in the same event last year at the familiar Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. The defending champion for this tournament is Daniel Chopra. Tiger Woods will not be in attendance this year because he has an injury that is still healing.

The Plantation Course in Kapalua has more than 7,400 yards of greens. It is also the only course this season with a par 73. Thirteen of the players on this year’s roster have never played this course, either.

If you can’t enjoy the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Championship in person in beautiful Hawaii, why not visit your Lawrenceville, NJ Mercedes-Benz dealer and get a comfortable and luxurious car? You may not get to experience the weather of Hawaii here in New Jersey, but you can still appreciate the comfort and luxury that only Mercedes-Benz can offer. After you get your Benz, check out the Golf Channel this week for coverage of this year’s $5.6 million Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Your Mercedes dealers want to bring your attention to a recent article about long commutes and good marriages. Nobody likes a long commute, but now there’s an even bigger reason to hate them. Long commutes can have a negative effect on your marriage.

One of the major reasons that a long commute can be detrimental to a marriage is because it can be frustrating for the person caught in the traffic. When they get home, they bring that frustration with them. This can create tense situations and more arguments within a married couple. Commuters also get tired easily. As weird as it sounds, sitting in your car for an hour or more can be draining on your energy. That can negatively affect a relationship, too.

In addition to these two reasons, long commutes also mean less time for connecting and spending time with each other. Long commutes take a parent (or both parents, depending on the situation) away from the kids for longer periods of time. This can chip away at the relationship and make it more difficult to form a bond that is necessary for healthy development.

If you simply cannot avoid long commutes, you might as well spend your time in comfort with a new vehicle from your Lawrenceville, NJ Mercedes-Benz dealer. With the luxury included with a Mercedes-Benz, you won’t be as frustrated when you’re sitting in traffic. It may even be good for your marriage!

Now that a new year has started, you may have resolved to be a better driver. However, there are several deadly mistakes that drivers make behind the wheel and you may not even know you are committing these “driving sins.” Your Mercedes dealers want everybody to have a safe year, so here are some of those driving mistakes so you can be more conscious of them and adjust your habits as necessary.

1. Aggressive Driving – Have you ever sped up to tailgate a person who has cut your off? Or slowed down to give a tailgater “the message”? If so, you’ve been an aggressive driver. Each year, accidents caused by aggressive driving costs us about $40 billion, so just calm down.
2. Running a Red Light – Just because you speed up to get in the intersection before the light turns red doesn’t mean it’s safe. Drivers who do this cause about 800 crash-related deaths each year and more than 200,000 accidents annually.
3. Drowsy Driving – You might not think you’re tired, but if you’ve been up for more than 20 hours, you are more likely to cause an accident. In fact, studies show that you have the same reaction time as a person with a .08 blood alcohol level if you drive while drowsy.

Now that you know some bad habits you may have fallen into, you can work on changing them. Then you can reward yourself with a new or certified used car from your Princeton, NJ Mercedes-Benz dealer!

Many people are making resolutions today so they can start off the New Year with a renewed sense of confidence in themselves and a new resolve. Many of the representatives at your local Benz dealers are doing the same thing. But many people (I dare say most) do not keep their resolutions for one reason or another. Your Benz dealers offer these tips to help you keep your resolutions for 2009.

1. Don’t make your resolutions too hard to reach. In other words, aim low. If you resolve to quit smoking, lose 200 pounds save $50,000 and pay off all your debts, that’s just unrealistic for one year.
2. Tell people about your resolutions. If your family and friends know about your resolutions, they can help keep you in check. If you resolve to lose weight, they’ll remind you of your resolution every time you put an M&M in your mouth.
3. Make your resolutions at a different time. It’s hard to keep a weight loss resolution in the dead of winter because you can’t get out and exercise much. Instead, wait until you are ready and make the resolutions for a different time of the year. Simple resolve to make the resolutions later.

Your Benz dealers know how important it is to better yourself. If you feel like you can’t do this by keeping your resolutions, you can always feel better by visiting your Cherry Hill, NJ area Mercedes-Benz dealer and finding the car of your dreams. Who wouldn’t feel better about themselves when they are driving around in a Mercedes-Benz?

Now that Christmas is over and it’s almost the beginning of a new year, this is the perfect time to start thinking about a new car from your Mercedes-Benz dealers. With a new car from your Mercedes-Benz dealers, you can enjoy 2009 regardless of what comes your way. The new S550 is one luxury vehicle you can get from your Mercedes-Benz dealers. Here are some highlights from a review of the MB S550:

• If you forget to shut one of the doors all the way, the car does it for you.
• When walking toward your S550 with the keys in your pocket, the doors automatically unlock.
• When riding in the S550, you barely feel the potholes and bumps in the road like you do with other cars.
• The reviewer enjoyed the car because he didn’t have to “lift a finger” for most things…literally. For one, he told the car what temperature he wanted inside the car and the voice-activated system made it happen.
• Wide door openings make it easy to get out and slide in with little effort at all.

These reasons and so many more are exactly why getting an S550 from your Flemington, NJ area Mercedes-Benz dealer is the ideal way to start 2009. Check one out today!

Did your wife miss the subtle hints for the last couple months that you wanted a Mercedes-Benz for Christmas? Were you waiting until after Christmas to visit your local Mercedes-Benz dealer so you could get something special for yourself? If so, that’s a great idea!

There is another option, though. Tracy McGrady, star of the Houston Rockets NBA team, is selling his custom-made 2001 Mercedes-Benz CL600 on eBay for only $150,000. Well, that’s the “Buy it Now” price for the baby blue luxury vehicle. It was custom-made just for McGrady by West Coast Customs in southern California.

In addition to winning the Benz, the winning bidder also has a chance to meet the NBA star when signing over the title. He has also stated that he will autograph the vehicle if the winning bidder asks him to. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own T-Mac’s Benz and to meet the star,” the auction states. The auction ends December 29.

Not everybody wants a Mercedes-Benz from an NBA star. For those people, your Cherry Hill, NJ area Mercedes-Benz dealer offers a variety of luxury vehicles for you to choose from. Visit our inventory today and see what we have that meets your needs.

Your local Benz dealers are going to have their eyes in the sky looking for Santa Claus tonight. Will you be looking, too?

Although temperatures at the North Pole are frigid and cold this Christmas Eve, Santa and his elves are still planning on leaving on schedule and making their deliveries on time. At least that’s what Jeff Masters, the Director of Meteorology says at WunderGround.com. He has created a “Flying Reindeer Forecast” for Santa’s worldwide delivery route with reports for each individual continent. The report includes any weather problems Santa and his reindeer may face tonight.

You can join your Benz dealers by visiting the website, which was the nation’s first weather service with an online presence. It offers the most comprehensive and accurate weather information possible.

If Santa Claus doesn’t bring you want you wanted this year, you can come to your Flemington, NJ area Mercedes-Benz dealer and get something you’ve always wanted – a new vehicle from the leader in luxury cars. And with our Winter Sales Event going on until January 2, you can get a great deal on many of the newer models so you’re sure to find something that meets your needs.

For the last three years, Milwaukee Brewers fans have probably seen advertisements for Mercedes products and Benz dealers in the picnic area of the ballpark. However, those days are over for right now.

Mercedes-Benz dealers decided that they would not renew their contract for naming rights to the ballpark’s picnic area last week. “We’re sad to see Mercedes go, but it was nothing Brewers-related,” said Rick Schlesinger, the team’s executive vice-president. He went on to say that the team would be glad to have Mercedes-Benz back at any time.

Advertising in the picnic area of the Brewer’s ballpark is ideal because fans frequent this area with their families. In addition to that, the billboards and ads get a great deal of TV coverage for home viewers each time the cameras show right field. The area seats 75 people and was once part of the field’s warning track. “It’s become a very prominent piece of real estate at Miller Park,” Schlesinger said.

Your Cherry Hill, NJ area Mercedes-Benz dealers still have a huge presence in your local area. They are waiting to give you a great deal on a new luxury vehicle this Christmas season. Check one out today!