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America is facing a trucker crisis. As it readies for the busy holiday delivery season, the industry is expecting to be short about 73,000 long-distance drivers, more than three times the shortage of 2005, and that could lead to delivery delays and higher shipping costs. “It’s at a point today where it is an operational […]
Alabama motorists are getting a costly reminder to look out for deer while driving. State Farm, Alabama’s largest auto insurer, says in a statement that there were 28,794 insurance claims connected to deer collisions from July 2015 to the end of June. The company says one in 135 Alabama drivers are likely to collide with […]
In 2015, the use of seat belts in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 13,941 lives of occupants 5 and older, and an estimated 2,573 lives of occupants 13 and older were saved by frontal air bags. An estimated 266 child occupants 4 and younger were saved by the use of child restraints, and 1,772 lives […]
Today, roads through and around Birmingham are crowded and make many dread the commute. The Alabama Department of Transportation wants you to have a better drive. Engineers are working to see where people will be going and how they’ll get there twenty five years from now.
Vehicle Type Registrations – (MV1) Distribution % of National Autos 2,524,145 47.03% 2.22% Buses 5,397 0.10% 2.22% Trucks 2,721,534 50.71% 1.98% Total 5,251,076 Motorcycles 115,768 2.16% 1.38% Grand Total 5,366,844 100.00% 2.06% Area Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National Rural 543 66.22% 3.28% Urban 272 33.17% 1.77% Unknown 5 0.61% .70% […]
State and local highway agencies are implementing data-driven practices to successfully address roadway safety planning, implementation, and evaluation challenges. These practices have the capacity to reduce staff time, save money and other resources – with the goal of reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries. The FHWA Office of Safety is collecting and making these practices […]
A pipeline leak that spilled about 6,000 barrels of gasoline in rural Alabama means drivers across the eastern U.S. will likely be paying more at the pump. The Sept. 9 leak of about 250,000 gallons of fuel from Colonial Pipeline’s line near Helena has halted the flow of gasoline from the Gulf Coast to the […]
Colonial Pipeline employees and contractors started digging out a leaking underground pipeline that spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline south of Birmingham and shut down a major cog of the country’s fuel distribution network, sparking fears of a gas shortage.
The free rides in self-driving cars that Uber began offering in Pittsburgh Wednesday wouldn’t be allowed in California. In Michigan, legislators are considering changing a law that requires a safety driver to be behind the wheel of self-driving vehicles to handle unexpected or emergency situations. A Chicago alderman wants to ban them completely. And the […]
In response to a national proposal to electronically limit the speed of semitrailers, some truck drivers are warning that, if enacted, it could cause more traffic issues and deadly crashes. The Associated Press reports around 150 “independent truckers” filed comments with the federal government against the proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and […]
