Drug-Impaired Driving: A Guide for States
The GHSA has released a study on drug-impaired driving and possible ways law-enforcement and legislature can assist with reducing drug-impaired driving.
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The GHSA has released a study on drug-impaired driving and possible ways law-enforcement and legislature can assist with reducing drug-impaired driving.
Driving while on drugs was associated with more deaths in 2015 than driving with alcohol in one’s system, a new report found. Still, some safety experts caution that drunken driving remains a bigger problem and say that “drugged driving,” as the report refers to it, needs more research. Positive drug tests were more common than […]
Law Enforcement Training Grants Fill Critical Gap WASHINGTON, D.C.—With more states legalizing marijuana and record numbers of people dying from drug overdoses, concerns about drug-impaired driving are escalating. While we have made progress in combatting drunk driving in recent decades, drug use by drivers continues to rise. In fact, in 2015 (the most recent national […]
With Pedestrian Deaths Surging in 2016, Now is the Time for Action Statement for attribution to Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Executive Director Jonathan Adkins WASHINGTON, D.C. – State Highway Safety Offices and their partners should broaden their anti-drunk driving campaigns to encourage bicyclists and pedestrians to consider safer transportation alternatives after heavy drinking. As the Insurance […]
Largest Annual Increase Ever Recorded WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects an 11% increase in the number of persons on foot killed on U.S. roadways last year, compared to 2015. This would represent the steepest year-to-year increase since record-keeping began, both in terms of number of deaths and percent increase. GHSA’s annual Spotlight on […]
States Need Flexibility to Try New Approaches Statement for attribution to Jonathan Adkins, GHSA Executive Director WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Safety Council’s projection that highway deaths increased 6 percent in 2016 is a call to action for the highway safety community. While the data is preliminary and will differ from final federal data, the […]
Report Spotlights Safety Challenges in Era of New Technology WASHINGTON, D.C. – As autonomous vehicles (AVs) merge into our nation’s traffic, the most pressing safety challenge for states will be preparing human drivers. While these vehicles have the potential for tremendous safety benefits, AVs will be sharing the road with traditional driver-operated cars for many […]
The study reported by GHSA found that older teen-age drivers were trending higher in their involvement in fatal crashes. This result was based on national FARS data, and the results should be considered by all states as they design their countermeasure programs. An attempt was made to replicate these results in Alabama, recognizing that the […]
Report No.: DOT HS 812 184 The Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline, Fourth Edition (2012), is a voluntary guideline designed to help States determine what crash data to collect on their police accident reports (PARs) and what data to code and carry in their crash databases. The MMUCC Guideline does not provide States […]
Seat belt laws are divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary seat belt laws allow law enforcement officers to ticket a driver or passenger for not wearing a seat belt, without any other traffic offense taking place. Secondary seat belt laws state that law enforcement officers may issue a ticket for not wearing a […]