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TRL: In 2013, 112 people were killed on the roads in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Although this is a reduction of a third since 2008, Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary remain committed to further reducing the number of casualties resulting from road traffic collisions. At a time when financial […]
Over the past few years, increased publicity and marketing has sparked a national conversation among members of the law enforcement profes- sion about the Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS) initiative. DDACTS is being promoted as a tool to improve data applications, reduce needed resources and simultaneously drive down crime and crashes. DDACTS is […]
Since 2006, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has been sponsoring research to better understand traffic safety culture. The Foundation’s long-term term vision is to create a “social climate in which traffic safety is highly valued and rigorously pursued.” In 2008, the AAA Foundation conducted the first Traffic Safety Culture Index, a nationally-representative survey, to […]
The Alabama Crash Facts Book (CFB) is an annual publication produced in part by CAPS that provides a wide breadth of traffic safety statistics for a variety of constituencies. While most of the users of the CFB are traffic safety personnel, this publication is also intended to serve as a public information conduit.
A Lanett mother is accused of causing the death of her 2-year-old daughter in a February traffic crash. Joy Antonette Brooks, 29, was indicted recently on a charge of manslaughter, court records show. Brooks was released from the Montgomery County Detention Facility after posting $20,000 bond on Dec. 13.
The engineers at Cadillac say they’ve found the key to further eliminating a driver’s blind spot. Starting with its newest model, the 2016 CT6, the automaker will incorporate streaming video into the vehicle’s rearview mirror, which will be fed by a high-definition camera embedded in the center of the trunk. The technology will give CT6 […]
Congress is barring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from conducting a research program on whether drivers are using drugs and alcohol behind the wheel in the face of criticism from some members of Congress.
