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N.Y. police disguised as workers ticket 266 drivers for work zone violations
Police officers in New York recently stepped up enforcement on reckless driving in work zones – by going undercover as construction workers. New York State Police issued 266 tickets as part of “Operation Hardhat,” which it conducted with the New York State Department of Transportation. During the crackdown, officers mingled into road work areas and […]
September 9, 2019
Roadbuilding
NTSB calls for ban on phone use, standard collision avoidance in all vehicles
The National Transportation Safety Board pushes vehicle manufacturers to make collision avoidance systems standard equipment. More details on Equipment World.
February 11, 2019
Roadbuilding
Rising traffic fatalities in Maine prompt new safety plan
Due to an increase in traffic fatalities, the Maine Department of Transportation has released a new Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The plan sets out focus areas, such as lane departure, speeding, impaired driving, and recommends strategies to address them. “Maine’s traffic fatalities have been on the rise during the last three years after seeing improvement […]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Texas hits deadly milestone in traffic fatalities
On November 7, the Texas Department of Transportation marked a milestone it hopes won’t be repeated. In the past 17 years, 59,000 people have died in crashes on the state’s roads. TxDOT hopes its new social media campaign, #EndTheStreakTX, will spread the word and make drivers more aware of the dangers of unsafe driving practices. […]
November 15, 2017
Roadbuilding
Highest death stats in years seen for motorcyclists, bicyclists, pedestrians
More people died on U.S. roads in 2016 than 2015, an increase of 5.6 percent, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Seeing the most dramatic fatality increases were motorcyclists, with the most deaths since 2008; bicyclists, with the most deaths since 1991; and pedestrians, with the most deaths since 1991, the NHTSA reports. […]
October 11, 2017
Roadbuilding
Texas DOT reports increase in work zone fatalities
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reports that, in 2016, there were 25,713 work zone crashes in Texas, which resulted in 181 fatalities—an increase of 27 percent. Of those fatalities, 174 (96 percent) were motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. “People often think work zone crashes result in the deaths of roadside workers, but statistics show the vast majority of these fatalities […]
April 11, 2017
Roadbuilding
Troopers go undercover from construction vehicles in speeding crackdown on Pennsylvania work zones
Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police will take an embedded approach in protecting construction workers in highway work zones this summer. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s (PTC) campaign “Operation Orange Squeeze,” troopers will be working inside construction vehicles on highway jobsites running radar. They’ll relay speeders to other other troopers waiting outside the work […]
April 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Turn Around! FDOT seeking ways to alert wrong-way drivers
Since 2012 there have been four deaths resulting from drivers going the wrong way in Interstate 275 in Tampa. Since that’s four too many, the Florida Department of Transportation has began to look for new way to alert wrong-way drivers. Kris Carson, spokesperson for the FDOT, has said her department has worked hard to notify […]
August 25, 2014
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