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New Kansas Law Requires Safe Driving Around Garbage Trucks

Kansas has joined 18 other states in adopting a law requiring motorists to use caution around garbage trucks by making driver carelessness a fineable offense. A ticket for what is now known as “unlawful passing of a waste collection vehicle” …

U.S. Doctor Must Pay Reparations for Deadly Crash in New Zealand

A Wisconsin heart surgeon who was vacationing in New Zealand when he caused a highway accident that killed two people and injured four others was ordered Monday to make reparation payments but avoided jail time. A district court judge ordered …

Missouri City Enacts Broad Distracted Driving Ordinance

Officials in an eastern Missouri city have approved an ordinance that prohibits distracted driving practices such as fixing hair and makeup and programming GPS devices. Drivers aren’t exercising the highest degree of care if they are engaged in any action …

Louisiana District Attorney to Dismiss Teen’s Ticket in Wreck That Killed Family

A northeast Louisiana prosecutor says he’s dismissing the ticket issued to a Texas teenager who apparently fell asleep at the wheel, causing a wreck that killed five members of his family. The 16-year-old boy, who was not identified, and two …