Tag: General Traffic Safety

  • October 2nd, 2017

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety: Study recommends the following laws should be adopted in Alabama (page 41): Highway Safety Laws Needed in Alabama: Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law (Rear) Rear Facing Through Age 2 Law Booster Seat Law GDL – Minimum Age 16 for Learner’s Permit GDL – Stronger Supervised Driving Requirement GDL – Stronger […]

  • August 2nd, 2017

Governing.com: A new study out of Washington is rarely a cause for celebration, but many traffic safety groups are excited about a forthcoming report that highlights the big role speeding plays in traffic deaths. The study comes from the National Transportation Safety Board, an agency best known for its investigations of deadly plane crashes and […]

  • August 2nd, 2017

In December of 2016, region four of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, convened for a meeting in Atlanta and conceived a special safety campaign to reduce speeding-related deaths. NHTSA region four includes Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida. According to the Center for Advanced Public Safety, state speeding-related fatalities have gone up […]

  • June 2nd, 2017

AL.com: Alabama State Troopers issued more than 100 speeding citations in Blount County Friday during a special operation following a spate of deadly traffic crashes over the past month. Lawmen carried out a 13-hour traffic enforcement blitz, issuing a total of 158 citations for violations that contribute to crashes that can cause injury or death, […]

  • May 2nd, 2017

NHTSA: There were 22,441 passenger vehicle occupants who died in traffic crashes and an estimated 2.18 million passenger vehicle occupants who were injured. Passenger vehicles made up 93 percent of registered vehicles and accounted for 90 percent of total vehicle miles traveled (VMT). An estimated 11,070,000 vehicles were involved in police-reported traffic crashes; 96 percent (10,656,000) […]

  • March 2nd, 2017

Transportation.gov: U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are joining forces with the National Safety Council (NSC) to launch the Road to Zero coalition with the goal of ending fatalities on the nation’s roads within the next 30 years. The Department of Transportation has committed $1 […]