Video Shows Truck Driver Jump Curb Onto Sidewalk, Hitting Two Pedestrians

Video Shows Truck Driver Jump Curb Onto Sidewalk, Hitting Two Pedestrians

The driver of a Nissan Titan drove onto a New York sidewalk Monday evening, injuring two pedestrians, running over a fire hydrant and stopping only after plowing into a UPS delivery van. Thankfully, the two victims are expected to survive, but they were both taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, and the extent of … Read more

Bicyclists Are 291 Percent More Likely To Die If Hit By A Truck Compared To A Sedan: Traffic Engineer

Bicyclists Are 291 Percent More Likely To Die If Hit By A Truck Compared To A Sedan: Traffic Engineer

You don’t need a PhD in physics to understand that it’s worse for a driver to hit you with a truck than a sedan. They’re just heavier, meaning they hit you with more force. Still, while reading the Conversation’s recent article on how our current approach to road safety is outdated, one of the statistics … Read more

Los Angeles Made A Plan To Stop Traffic Deaths By 2025, But They’ve Doubled Instead

Los Angeles Made A Plan To Stop Traffic Deaths By 2025, But They’ve Doubled Instead

More people were killed in traffic collisions on the streets of Los Angeles in 2023 than were murdered. The city pledged in 2015 to end driving and pedestrian deaths before 2025, and after nine years of doing basically nothing, the city just keeps setting new fatality records year after year. An astonishing 337 Los Angelinos … Read more