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Ebola Response Q&A
In preparation for the Ebola Response Update Teleconference and Webinar held on October 24, 2014, organizers invited participants to submit advance questions so presenters could frame their presentations.
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Cars or Trucks?
True or False? In fatal crashes between cars and trucks, it is the truck that is most often at fault? The chart below shows that this is false. Heavy trucks only caused about 22% of the fatal crashes in which they were involved. The general driving public has a sense that the truck causes the […]
Eyes On the Road: Searching for Answers to the Problem of Distracted Driving
Using a cellphone while driving is risky and can lead to crashes. Making or taking calls, texting, or interacting with an electronic device in any way can take your eyes off the road at a critical moment. Teenage drivers may be especially susceptible to distractions. In response, states have enacted cellphone and texting bans, and […]
Millennials in Motion
Over the last decade—after 60-plus years of steady increases—the number of miles driven by the average American has been falling. Young Americans have experienced the greatest changes: driving less; taking transit, biking and walking more; and seeking out places to live in cities and walkable communities where driving is an option, not a necessity. Academic […]
Transportation safety over time: Cars, planes, trains, walking, cycling
By Leighton Walter Kille, 5 October 2014 In May 2013 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released estimates of U.S. traffic fatalities for 2012, and the results were troubling: 34,080 people died in motor-vehicle crashes that year, an increase of 5.3% over 2011’s total and a reversal of the long-term downward trends. The meaning of […]
Analysis of Selective Enforcement Strategy Effects on Rural Alabama Traffic Speeds
A study is described that was undertaken to examine the effects of patrol tactics on vehicle speeds, to identify the best patrol tactics of those studied, to identify general speed trends over time, and to examine the effects of an areawide selective enforcement program implemented by the Alabama State Highway Patrol. Both two- and four-lane […]
Considerations for Optimal Traffic Safety Allocation
This special study presentation discusses considerations for optimal traffic safety allocation that is taken from 2012-2016 crash data.
Driver License Compliance Status in Fatal Crashes
Driver license status in fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes was examined in association with other variables in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). There is a variety of reasons why a driver might have an invalid license, which raises a very important caveat regarding the data. The reason for the lack of a valid license is not collected in the […]
Two States Suspend New Guardrail Use, Cite Safety Concerns
Cindy Galli, ABC News Transportation officials in two states said they are halting the use of a widely-installed guardrail end terminal that was the subject of an ABC News investigation while they further investigate potential safety hazards. “Our internal observations, as well as our review of available information, indicates to us the ET-Plus guardrail end […]
Feds Consider Ban on ATV Passengers
Heading out into the woods for a four-wheeling drive with a passenger in tow may soon be a thing of the past. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering new rules that would prohibit passengers from being carried on all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs. The request comes following a three-year study that showed passengers account for […]