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Matt Schmitz

Former Assistant Managing Editor-News Matt Schmitz is a veteran Chicago journalist indulging his curiosity for all things auto while helping to inform car shoppers.

With the recent debut of the 2018 Ford Expedition, we asked: How does 
 the new Expedition measure up to its rival, the Chevrolet Tahoe?
With the 2018 New York auto show, it appears automakers may have 
 saved the best and biggest for last this auto-show season.
Given that St. Patrick's Day DUI fatalities are nearly double the daily 
 average, here's a plan to get through your celebrations this weekend.
As summer road-trip season approaches, we polled our staff to come up 
 with eight family road-trip games that don't require a screen.
Drunk-driving deaths have declined, but fatalities and arrests are still an 
 issue. Here are the 10 worst and best states with DUI problems.
While safety advocates work to figure out the factors leading to rising 
 traffic deaths, one contributor is already known: speed.
In 2018, IIHS will have another challenge to give automakers in crash 
 testing: the passenger-side small overlap front test.