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Most strategies for encouraging seat belt use by adults focus on drivers and front seat passengers, but rear seat belt use by adults is lower than front seat belt use and warrants attention. In 2013, 883 unbelted rear seat passenger vehicle occupants age 8 and older died in traffic crashes in the United States. This […]
AASHTO: Motor vehicle travel on all U.S. highways and streets increased 1.2 percent in October from a year earlier – adding 3.3 billion more vehicle miles – and continued a string of record-high volume levels. The Federal Highway Administration in its latest monthly “Traffic Volume Trends” report said motorists racked up an estimated 275 billion […]
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – The holiday travel season has come to an end and Alabama State Troopers say the 17-day stretch saw significantly fewer traffic deaths than during the same time in 2016. In all, State Troopers worked 23 traffic deaths during the Christmas and New Year’s Day period. That covers a span from midnight on […]
AAA: Driving on a beautiful sunny day can provide stunning scenery, but it can also create a hazard if the driver’s view is compromised by a glaring sun.
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 participate 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 […]
Cpsalabama.org is an excellent resource for child passenger safety information for the state of Alabama. The site’s interactive tools allow users to obtain local contact information for CPS coordinators.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Transportation plays a vital role in the American economy: it makes economic activity possible and serves as a major economic activity itself. Transportation Economic Trends 2017 highlights important trends in transportation and the economy and explains related economic concepts and data sources for a general audience.
Americans could be downplaying the risks of smoking pot and driving. While most U.S. adults, or 91 percent, view driving under the influence of marijuana as dangerous and 87 percent said the practice makes one a hazard to others on the road, only 40 percent viewed weed as contributing to more crashes. That’s according to […]
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published new data today showing a record-high 221.7 million licensed drivers in the U.S. in 2016, including 41.7 million – or almost one in five – who are 65 years or older. This age group is growing faster than any other, and is far outpacing their teenage counterparts. […]
Automated cars and light-duty trucks (from vehicles already on the road equipped with driver assistance technologies to fully driverless cars still in development) pose safety and infrastructure challenges for policymakers. Automated vehicles potentially promise transformative benefits in safety, mobility, and other areas. However, the successful development of these vehicles and technologies may pose a range […]