WASHINGTON ― Congress looks poised to undo a safety requirement that the trucking industry says has held back participation in a program for younger drivers. Lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan budget bill on Sunday that would fund certain federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year ― with a rider blocking the Department of Transportation … Read more
Gif: The Oregonian via YouTube A driver in Oregon has been captured on video careening off the highway and plummeting 200 feet in a reported case of distracted driving, reports Oregon Live. In a dashcam video shared on the site, the driver of a black car can be seen crashing off the roadway and vanishing … Read more
The global pandemic has given way to another pandemic in America, where distracted driving is causing thousands of deaths on public roads and shows no signs of abating. New data shows the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in distracted driving specifically involving cell phone use in cars, which surged by 20 percent between 2020-2022, … Read more
Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Washington D.C. could be headed to a drastic reimagining of what road safety looks like. The D.C. Council passed a $77 million traffic legislative package that will allow the District to install speed governors in vehicles of drivers convicted of serious speeding crimes. The bill would also grant powers to punish … Read more
Trucking companies have been getting away with low insurance minimums that have failed to keep up with inflation, and it’s creating unsafe roads for the rest of us. The last time that U.S. regulation set minimums for truckers was in 1980 when the Motor Carrier Act mandated they carry at least $750,000 policies, which was … Read more
The prevalence of collisions caused by distracted driving has increased at an alarming rate, leading traffic fatalities to spike in the last few years. NHTSA says that traffic deaths reached a 16-year high of nearly 43,000 in 2021 (the most recent year detailed data is available) but less than one percent were linked to cell … Read more
It doesn’t take much more than half a brain to understand that we have a serious problem with speed on U.S. roadways. It takes slightly more grey matter than that to understand that a lot of this problem is caused by a refusal of many American drivers to take responsibility for their actions and the … Read more
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City got a green light Friday to proceed with a project to reduce the width of its main street from four lanes to two, despite fears from casinos and a hospital that the plan could tie the city into gridlocked knots, scare away gamblers and delay emergency vehicles. Superior Court … Read more
Photo: Kathleen Finlay (Getty Images) Sadly, we can’t drive ourselves all the time. You’re heading out to an event, alcohol will definitely be present and you’re going to drown yourself in beverages. Being a responsible adult, you ask a friend to be a designated driver, call for a taxi or get a ride on a … Read more
Photo: Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News (Getty Images) Since 2020, the number of road deaths in the United States has been rising at a truly staggering rate. There isn’t a singular cause behind this drastic shift. Instances of drunk driving and speeding are both up. Seatbelt use is down. But why? The New York … Read more
