Radar Data Analysis Pinpoints Precipitation Risk for Vehicle Fatalities April 8, 2019 By Jim Sams A stormy nation is expected to become even stormier, bringing rain and snow that is known to increase the number...
Massachusetts Drivers Could See Ban on Handheld Mobile Devices August 24, 2015 By BOB SALSBERG Welcome to Massachusetts signs can mean more to drivers than just crossing a state line. For some, they also signal...
Virginia Legislators Consider Raising Reckless Driving Limit to 85MPH January 21, 2015 By ALAN SUDERMAN Drivers who get caught going 11 miles an hour over the speed limit on Virginia’s interstate highways may no longer...
Oklahoma Ban on Texting While Driving Gets Renewed Support January 5, 2015 By SEAN MURPHY Supporters of a ban on texting while driving in Oklahoma are renewing their push for more restrictions ahead of the...
Highway Official Stood By Guardrail System Even as Doubt Mounted November 5, 2014 By Patrick G. Lee U.S. highway safety officials defended a widely used guardrail system’s crashworthiness even as they worried whether its design had been...
Failing Bridges a Concern for Mississippi Legislators October 22, 2014 By JACK ELLIOTT JR. Mention highway safety and people have all sorts of ideas of what that means. To the Highway Patrol, it suggests...
10 Traffic Deaths in Virginia During Labor Day Weekend September 4, 2014 Virginia State Police say 10 people died in traffic accidents over the four-day Labor Day weekend. That’s up from the...
Deaths Prompt Effort to Fix Less-Traveled Missouri Rural Roads May 5, 2014 By SUSAN WEICH, St. Louis Post-Dispatch In 2009, Randy Frump and Shannon Follwell each lost a child on a rural highway in St. Charles County. Frump’s...
Rhode Island Gets $1.5M for Highway Safety April 4, 2014 Rhode Island congressmen say the state is receiving almost $1.5 million in federal grants to improve highway safety. Reps. Jim...
Indiana Works With Truck Stop to Improve Intersection August 27, 2013 State highway officials are working with the managers of an eastern Indiana truck stop to improve the safety of a...