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Viewpoint: The Rules That Made U.S. Roads So Deadly

A 25-year-old Yale Law student. A crossing guard. A 78-year-old woman. A high-school teacher. These are but four of the pedestrians and bikers counted among the 310 motor-vehicle-related deaths seen in 2020 in Connecticut, where I live. Our state saw …

Recreational Pot Laws May Boost Traffic Deaths, Studies Say

Laws legalizing recreational marijuana may lead to more traffic deaths, two new studies suggest, although questions remain about how they might influence driving habits. Previous research has had mixed results and the new studies, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, …

State Farm to Monitor Some Illinois Drivers, Adjust Rates

State Farm Insurance plans to give its Illinois customers a chance to lower – or raise -their rates depending on their driving habits. The Bloomington-based insurer says that in September it will start putting a monitoring device in vehicles driven …