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Pokemon GO, an app using augmented reality is luring unsuspecting players into dangerous situations. There is nothing to prevent people from playing this game while driving. Many public safety experts see serious downsides to this app.
Of the 32,675 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2014, there were 9,967 people (31%) killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes where at least one driver had a BAC of .08g/dL or higher. The following States had the highest percentages: Massachusetts (41%), North Dakota (41%), Texas (41%), and Delaware (40%).
A statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2015 shows that an estimated 35,200 people will die in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This represents an increase of about 7.7% as compared to the 32,675 fatalities that were reported to have occurred in 2014.
Texas A&M Transportation Institute: Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is a measure used in transportation planning for a variety of purposes. It measures the amount of travel for all vehicles in a geographic region over a given period of time, typically a one year period. VMT is calculated by adding up all the miles driven by […]
Most drivers, when they see a merge sign, slow down too quickly and change lanes, causing a traffic backup. Continuing in each lane as long as possible reduces the speed difference between the two lanes, which helps keep traffic moving (zipper merge).
About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison countries. Our nation has made progress in road safety, reducing crash deaths by 31 percent from 2000 to 2013. But other high-income countries reduced crash deaths even further—by an average of […]
New York Times: Slowpokes, beware: More states are cracking down on drivers who dawdle in the left lane.While all states require slow-moving vehicles to keep to the right, laws that went into effect in Tennessee this year, Indiana last year, Georgia in 2014 and Florida and New Jersey in 2013 are setting harsher penalties for […]
Yahoo Finance: U.S. traffic deaths rose 7.7% in 2015 over the previous year to 35,200, the highest number of people killed on U.S. roads since 2008, the government’s preliminary estimate reviewed by Reuters shows.