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Police in Michigan, other states on lookout for speeders
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Law enforcement from more than 30 municipal, county and state agencies are on the lookout for speeders as part of the “Great Lakes, High Stakes” campaign. Michigan’s Office of Highway Safety Planning and the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Ohio state patrol unveils distracted driving stats website
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new state highway patrol website provides details about distracted driving in Ohio in the latest effort to reduce the number of crashes and fatalities attributed to not paying attention while driving, usually because of a focus on electronic devices like cell phones....
Editorial Roundup: Idaho
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Just what exactly makes Bundy so unsuitable? June 9 The Lewiston Tribune The Idaho Republican Party has standards. Who knew? ...
Distracted driving evidence to be reconsidered in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney representing a man who told police he was texting when he fatally struck a police officer with his vehicle asked a judge to send the case back to the grand jury when records showed the driver was not on his phone. Jerry Sanstead, 42, told law...
Iowa to step up traffic enforcement to slow road fatalities
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa traffic enforcement officials vowed Tuesday to crack down on motorists speeding, driving while drunk or distracted by cell phones in an effort to slow the rising traffic fatality rate. Iowa State Patrol Col. Nathan Fulk said officers have...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. June 3, 2021. Editorial: Back the blue? Right. Roy Blunt snubs mother of officer who died after protecting him If shame still existed, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt would be swimming in it. He has no excuse for refusing to meet the...
US agency: Fatal tour bus crash shows safety shortcomings
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tour bus crash that threw more than a dozen people onto a remote Utah highway in 2019, killing four Chinese tourists, highlights a lack of safety standards for bus roofs and windows, U.S. investigators said Thursday. The bus crashed after the...
US traffic deaths up 7% last year, highest number since 2007
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government's road safety agency reported Thursday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blamed...
Future transportation plans include more safe walking spaces
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota transportation officials have come up with a 20-year plan that they hope will encourage more walking by creating more safe spaces for pedestrians along state roads and highways. The Minnesota Department of Transportation Statewide...
Florida drivers can start using hazard lights in rain July 1
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For years, Florida has been reminding motorists not to use flashing hazard lights while driving. Well starting soon, feel free to flash away — but only on the highway. And only in heavy rain or fog. ...
