Author: Maggie Palmer

Autonomous Road Vehicles and Law Enforcement: Identifying High-Priority Needs for Law Enforcement Interactions With Autonomous Vehicles Within the Next Five Years

  • July 29th, 2020

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise many benefits, but questions remain about how law enforcement (LE) officers will interact with them. Officers likely will encounter new challenges related to technology, procedures, and constitutional authorities. To better understand the potential challenges of LE interaction with AVs, the RAND Corporation and the Police Executive Research Forum, on behalf of […]

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Keeping Unsafe Drivers off the Road with the New CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

  • July 29th, 2020

To advance the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) mission of reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), FMCSA requires CMV drivers and their employers to follow certain rules regarding drug and alcohol testing. These requirements address the frequency of testing, which substances to test for, evaluation and treatment programs, and reporting […]

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Understanding the Highway Safety Benefits of Different Approaches of Connected Vehicles in Reduced Visibility Conditions

  • July 29th, 2020

This study evaluated the effectiveness of connected vehicle (CV) technologies in adverse visibility conditions using microscopic traffic simulation. Traffic flow characteristics deteriorate significantly in reduced visibility conditions resulting in high crash risks. This study applied CV technologies on a segment of Interstate I-4 in Florida to improve traffic safety under fog conditions. Two types of […]

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GHSA Annual Report: July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020

GHSA Annual Report: July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020

  • July 23rd, 2020

GHSA’s latest Annual Report highlights association activities conducted between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. Partnerships are always critical to the Association’s success, but most particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. GHSA worked with Congress and NHTSA to grant the agency authority to waive or postpone highway safety program requirements impacted by the pandemic – […]

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Keeping Unsafe Drivers off the Road with the New CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

  • July 21st, 2020

To advance the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) mission of reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), FMCSA requires CMV drivers and their employers to follow certain rules regarding drug and alcohol testing. These requirements address the frequency of testing, which substances to test for, evaluation and treatment programs, and reporting […]

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Alabama Traffic Quarantine Update: Week 19

Alabama Traffic Quarantine Update: Week 19

  • July 21st, 2020

It is Week 19 of the coronavirus pandemic, and total crash data is still showing a decline in Alabama. Overall, crashes have declined to around less than 40% of their pre-COVID-19 levels, INCLUDING speed-involved crashes. Fatal crashes are now increasing. View Graph  This report comes amid reports from other states indicating that their drivers are […]

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Summer 2020 Safety Compass Newsletter

  • July 14th, 2020

In this issue… What’s new? State departments of transportation put pedestrian safety into context Considerations for developing a local safety policy or program Roadway safety analysis videos: from basic to advanced application of the predictive method and crash modification factors 2019 Safety Discipline Award Winners Data and analysis Update on pedestrian and bicycle crash analysis […]

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High-Risk Impaired Drivers: Combating a Critical Threat

High-Risk Impaired Drivers: Combating a Critical Threat

  • July 14th, 2020

Alcohol-impaired fatalities accounted for 29 percent of all U.S. motor vehicle deaths in 2018, the lowest percentage since 1982 when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began reporting alcohol data. This was sparked by a 3.6 percent decrease in alcohol-impaired driving fatalities from 2017 to 2018 (National Center for Statistics & Analysis [NCSA], 2019). […]

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Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery

  • July 14th, 2020

This resource aggregates and synthesizes emerging practices in transportation and street design in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights cities’ current efforts to re-organize streets to best manage this crisis and support economic recovery. This evolving resource is not a comprehensive list of options, nor is it calibrated for the needs of a specific […]

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