Australia’s new crash lab to advance road safety, first initiative will focus on elderly drivers
New crash test lab will reduce road fatalities among vulnerable older drivers
— The Sydney Morning Herald, May 13, 2017
Tag: Seat Belt
Utah’s stiffer blood alcohol threshold for DUI misses larger point on preventing road deaths
Speed, no seatbelts account for more road deaths than DUI
— Associated Press, May 4, 2017
From Maine down to Florida, ‘I-95 Drive to Save Lives’ weekend enforcement campaign spanned 14 states
I-95 corridor crackdown nets 5,000 citations
— The News Journal, April 19, 2017
Easter holiday reminder from police to Australia’s drivers: Beware ‘The Fatal Five’
Don’t become another road fatality statistic these holidays
— Gatton Star, April 5, 2017
Colorado transportation survey digs into driver behavior to get details of distraction ‘epidemic’
CDOT survey says 22 percent of Colorado drivers admit to reading cellphone messages while driving
— The Denver Post, March 6, 2017
Arizona’s transportation safety contest will set the message to motorists
Voting begins in ADOT’s Safety Message Contest
— Arizona Daily Sun, March 1, 2017
Fatalities on U.S. public roads, highways and private land estimated at over 40,000: National Safety Council
U.S. Traffic Deaths Rise for a Second Straight Year
— The New York Times, February 15, 2017
Colorado officials want drivers to take responsibility for safety of others: “The behavioral stuff is not something that we can move the needle on drastically.”
CDOT director blames surge in Colorado roadway fatalities on an “epidemic of distracted driving”
— The Denver Post, January 31, 2017