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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.
News
Read the latest news and announcements from traffic safety interest groups and about traffic safety topics here.
Man Killed in ATV Crash in Coosa County, Alcohol and Speed are Factors
A 38-year-old man was killed Saturday night in an ATV crash in Coosa County. Corporal Jess Thornton said the preliminary investigation indicates alcohol and speed were factors in the crash.
Drugged Driving Surpasses Drunken Driving Among Drivers Killed in Crashes
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 […]
New Reports Calls States to Take Action on Drug-Impaired Driving
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 […]
USDOT: Supporting Safe and Complete Pedestrian and Bicycle Networks
The US Department on Transportation has released a policy guide in hopes of increasing safety for bikes and pedestrians.This policy guidebook provides local and state agencies with the tools to create a solid policy platform to support the creation of multimodal transportation networks for users of all ages and abilities.
USDOT: Pedestrian and Bicycle Exposure to Risk
The USDOT has released a report that describes the methods used to estimate and evaluate exposure risk in pedestrian and bicyclist safety analyses. One definition of a risk was the measure of the probability of a crash to occur given exposure to potential crash events.
Safety Impacts of Reduced Visibility in Inclement Weather
Visibility conditions at the time of a crash are rarely documented at a high level of detail. While vision is a key component of how drivers acquire information, a direct relationship between quantified levels of visibility related issues and safety (in terms of crashes) should be identified.
How Cities Should be Preparing for the Onset of Autonomous Vehicles
Last year, when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its autonomous vehicle guidelines, the document helped lay out a strategy for how the government will adopt self-driving vehicles. NHTSA suggested that the vehicle itself should be certified safe as a part of its federal motor vehicle safety standards and that states should remain […]
CAPS Click It or Ticket
A special traffic enforcement program called “Click It or Ticket” (CIOT) is conducted between April and June each year in Alabama. Multiple agencies and organizations participated in this effort, under the leadership of the Office of Highway Safety in the Law Enforcement/Traffic Safety (LETS) Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). […]
New Research Indicates Anti-Drunk Driving Efforts Should Include Bicyclist and Pedestrians
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 […]