Tag: Click It or Ticket

Roadbuilding

Highway fatalities in Maine reach 70-year low

The number of people who lost their lives on Maine’s highways was the lowest in 70 years. According to statistics released by state police, 128 highway deaths were reported in 2014 which is the fewest fatalities since 1944. “It’s a historic year for highway fatalities in Maine, and we’ll take it,” state police spokesman Stephen McCausland […]

January 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Do you wear your seat belt at night?

The Colorado Department of Transportation cracked down on nighttime drivers not wearing their seat belts. According to the CDOT, seat belt use is consistently lower at night than during the day which results in an increased number of unbuckled fatalities. The state teamed up with law enforcement agencies for its annual nighttime seat belt education […]

August 7, 2014

Roadbuilding

TxDOT uses Vine videos to urge teens to buckle up

When I was a teen driver, I always remembered to buckle my seatbelt. That’s not because I was necessarily the best kid in the world. I just knew that I would experience the full wrath of my mother (who had eyes all over our small town) if I was caught disobeying traffic laws. But not […]

February 18, 2014

Roadbuilding

Illinois DOT, Illinois State Police heighten safety belt enforcement

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois State Police (ISP) plan to heighten enforcement efforts leading up and through the Memorial Day holiday weekend, IDOT announced on May 16. Hundreds more safety belt enforcement zones and other patrols are planned over the historically and heavily-traveled holiday weekend. In addition, IDOT also launched a […]

May 16, 2012

Roadbuilding

U.S. DOT donates crash test dummies to Smithsonian

The U.S. Department of Transportation is donating a number of “Vince and Larry” crash-test dummy costumes and related auto safety items to the Smithsonian Institution. These objects now become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

July 19, 2010

Safety

U.S. DOT donates crash test dummies to Smithsonian

The U.S. Department of Transportation is donating a number of “Vince and Larry” crash-test dummy costumes and related auto safety items to the Smithsonian Institution. These objects now become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

July 19, 2010