Law enforcement officials hear the question all the time: What’s more dangerous: Texting while driving or driving under the influence of alcohol?
Utah now has the toughest law in the nation banning texting and driving. It also uses a video on a case in which two men were killed by a texting driver to deter people from the activity. In the month since its release, the video has had 370,000 downloads, and requests are coming from other states to show it.
About 400 students and parents packed the Richard P. Marasco Center at Monroe Township High School on Wednesday night to hear Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, give a presentation on safe driving.
Local agencies received $185,000 in grant funding Monday from the Kentucky Office of Highway and Safety.The presentation was made at the Department of Criminal Justice Training in the Funderburk Building at Eastern Kentucky University.Awarded to target dangerous driving and enforce and educate on seat belt use and child restraints, the grants were given to the Richmond Police Department, the ...
A Virginia Beach DUI enforcement officer is appealing his conviction on drunken driving and hit and run charges.
LANCASTER --A weekend fatal crash involving a Lancaster woman has transportation and driving education officials urging motorists to remember their safety in the event of a vehicle breakdown.
Two thirds of cannabis users say the drug does not affect their driving ability, while 16 percent say it improves it, according to a new survey.
TORRANCE, Calif.--After a recent tractor rollover accident, a farmer likened not having a tractor rollover protection structure, or ROPS, to falling out of an airplane without a parachute – a safety precaution not often thought about until the plane is about to crash.
There are now more than 20 million drivers in the US that are age 70 and up. For every mile driven, collision rates for seniors 70 and older is second only to teenagers. Many families are turning to the "driving...
NEWTOWN -- Police have rescheduled Friday's sobriety checkpoint for Saturday night, due to expected rain. The goal of the checkpoint is to deter people from driving while impaired and to reduce the number of drunk driving injuries through arrests. A Federal Highway Safety Program grant covers 75 percent of checkpoint expenses.
An unique road safety driving programme has been developed for students studying the Welsh Baccalaureate at a Haverfordwest school. Eighty six Year 12 (lower sixth) pupils at Tasker Milward School will be taught safe driving as part of their studies.
Recent tragedies on Fort Collins roads involving bicyclists have prompted reaction and response from officials and groups dedicated to road safety.
Renewal driving classes for older drivers who have taken the full eight-hour driver safety class within the past four years will be from 10:30 a.
Motorcycles » August is the deadliest month for Utah two-wheelers. American Fork High School student AnnaLisa Maddox worked for a solid week to produce the 90-second animated ad she entered into the Utah Highway Safety Office's "Drive Aware. Ride Aware" movie-making competition.
Biola University student Zach King has won a $2,500 scholarship and a new set of tires after submitting a winning video in a national contest by Bridgestone Americas on the importance of safe driving.
About 400 students and parents packed the Richard P. Marasco Center at Monroe Township High School on Wednesday night to hear Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, give a presentation on safe driving.
September 25th Aaron Sachs & Associates, P.C. will be joining with KODE and KOMU and the Missouri State Highway Patrol to provide an opportunity for Joplin teenagers to learn about driving safety techniques in a series of workshops, to be held at Joplin High School.
Multiple drunk driving incidents on the Taconic State Parkway are reminders that three decades of fighting drunk driving hasn’t yet eradicated it.
BON AIR - Virginia GrandDriver (a program by the Virginia Department for the Aging), AAA-Mid Atlantic, and Sheltering Arms invites senior drivers to participate in CarFit, a senior driver safety program on Friday, September 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond.
Friday, September 18, 2009 BENNINGTON — On Sept. 21 the Bennington Senior Center will be hosting an AARP Driver Safety Program class. The course will help drivers identify the most common crash situations faced behind the wheel.