New Data Suggests Dangerous Driving Trend Is Slowing, Slightly October 12, 2022 By Jim Sams Preliminary traffic data provides some hope that a rash of unsafe driving habits spawned by traffic-free roads during COVID-19 business...
$18 Million Settlement in Fatal L.A. Lamborghini Crash Involving Teen April 29, 2022 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a woman killed when a 17-year-old driver crashed his father’s Lamborghini into her...
Drivers Speeding Less but More Distracted Than Ever, CMT Report Says April 8, 2022 By Claims Journal staff US motorists have eased their feet off their gas pedals a bit since the height of the pandemic, but their...
Agencies Step Up Enforcement on Highway Known For Crashes December 27, 2021 WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP)–Arizona authorities are stepping up enforcement on a rural highway known for deadly crashes. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s...
Pandemic Set Off Deadly Rise in Speeding That Hasn’t Stopped August 9, 2021 By David Sharp Motorists put the pedal to the metal during the pandemic and police are worried as roads get busy with the...
Speeding Officer Not Placed on Leave After SC Fatal Wreck June 7, 2021 GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Greenville Police officer who was going nearly twice the speed limit without his lights and...
U.S. Traffic Deaths Soar to 38,680 in 2020; Highest Yearly Total Since 2007 June 4, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — U.S. traffic deaths soared after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020, hitting the highest yearly total since 2007 as...
21 Killed, 3 Injured When Bus, Truck Crash in Southern Egypt April 16, 2021 By Samy Magdy CAIRO (AP) — A bus overturned while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Tuesday,...
Taking Cops Out of Traffic Stops: Does it Make a Difference? March 30, 2021 By Ahmed Jallow FAYETTEVILLE, NC (AP) — Before dawn one morning in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a Black woman in her late 60s was...
Adaptive Cruise Control Raises Crash Risks, U.S. Study Finds March 12, 2021 Adaptive cruise control systems on cars, which control braking and speed, raise the risk of traffic crashes because the technology...