Artificial intelligence is helping improve safety along a stretch of Las Vegas’ busiest highway. The Nevada Highway Patrol says a yearlong partnership between public safety agencies and a startup technology firm resulted in a 17 percent reduction in crashes along …
A Nevada Highway Patrol program that inspects the state’s school buses for safety is overlooking dozens of vehicles that don’t fall under the traditional definition of a bus, according to state auditors. The audit released earlier this month said about …
The Nevada Highway Patrol is planning a”‘Badge on Board” enforcement blitz this week in the Las Vegas area to promote traffic safety around big rig trucks. Trooper Loy Hixson says the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday effort comes after Nevada ranked …
Authorities say icy roads caused by freezing rain helped cause at least three dozen accidents in the Reno area. Sgt. Frank Hernandez of the Nevada Highway Patrol says most of the crashes were on Interstate 395 late Friday and Saturday. …
The Nevada Highway Patrol is planning an enforcement blitz this week in the Las Vegas area to highlight traffic safety around big rig trucks. Trooper Jeremie Elliott says a tractor-trailer will travel Interstate 15, U.S. Highway 95 and other freeways …
The Nevada Highway Patrol is teaming up with several other northern Nevada law enforcement agencies to include the Reno and Sparks Police Departments and the Lyon and Washoe County Sheriff’s Offices, for a “Joining Forces” DUI Enforcement and awareness event …
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Association (CVSA) and the Nevada Highway Patrol Commercial Enforcement Unit will be cracking down on distracted driving and focusing their efforts on commercial motor vehicles this week. This week the commercial troopers will be saturating IR580, …
The Nevada Highway Patrol has issued more than 4,500 citations to drivers using cellphones this year under a new state law. The Elko Daily Free Press reported the numbers from the Nevada Department of Transportation. The law banning the use …
Nevada Highway Patrol continue to investigate a rollover accident involving a commercial vehicle that happened yesterday morning on a Carson City highway. The trailer was loaded with approximately 40,000lbs of auto parts. Investigators said that as the semi, owned by …