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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
Zoned Out: Solution for road work crashes canât come soon enough
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, drunk driving outweighs distracted driving when it comes to causes in road work accidents. Learn more here.
December 26, 2018
Roadbuilding
For moving road projects, MnDOT develops remote control flagger robot
Working with a trailer manufacturer, a Minnesota research team has developed a moving automated flagger assistance device (AFAD) that signals traffic at work zones. Field testing on the well-received device continues as this construction season gets underway. Minnesota Department of Transportation developed this Automatic Flagger Assistance Device (AFAD) for moving road work zones, such as [âŠ]
April 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
For Work Zone Awareness week, NAPA launches âWatchForUsâ campaign against distracted driving
With more than 80,000 crashes each year in roadway work zones, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) is kicking off WatchForUs, a new distracted driving campaign for National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 9â13. Every year, between 500 to 1,000 people are killed in work-zone accidents, Federal Highway Administration statistics show. âWith WatchForUs, NAPA [âŠ]
April 10, 2018
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. âMaineâs traffic fatalities have been on the rise during the last three years after seeing improvement [âŠ]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Texas hits deadly milestone in traffic fatalities
On November 7, the Texas Department of Transportation marked a milestone it hopes wonât be repeated. In the past 17 years, 59,000 people have died in crashes on the stateâs 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. [âŠ]
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. [âŠ]
October 11, 2017
Roadbuilding
EverQuote study determines top 10 most dangerous interstates
A study by insurer EverQuote using data from its EverDrive safe-driving app and figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationâs (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Report System, has identified the 10 most dangerous interstates in the U.S. EverDrive was used to pull phone use data during more than 6 million trips and 80 million miles of driving [âŠ]
October 31, 2016
Roadbuilding
How DOTs are urging motorists to stop before they Pokemon Go
State departments of transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are pushing mini-campaigns advising motorists to not PokĂ©mon Go and drive, much akin to drinking and driving campaigns. Multiple vehicular accidents have been reported across the country since the app launched two weeks ago, and such incidents have garnered enough attention that these [âŠ]
July 20, 2016
Roadbuilding
N. Carolina DOT warns drivers to watch out for road construction projects
With temperatures and the number of road construction projects on the rise in North Carolina, the Highway Patrol and Department of Transportation issued a warning to drivers April 11, asking them to âDo your part and drive smart.â WNCN.com reports that state numbers indicate that more than 4,600 crashes occurred in work zones during 2015 with 2,500 people injured and [âŠ]
April 19, 2016
Roadbuilding
Following increase of alcohol related deaths last holiday season, TxDOT urging drivers to âPlan While You Canâ
The Texas Department of Transportation wants to make sure that a reindeer is the only thing grandma has to worry about while walking home on Christmas Eve. TxDOT is trying to deter drunk driving during the holiday season with the âPlan While You Canâ campaign to urge those enjoying the holidays with a drink to plan [âŠ]
December 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Georgia DOT calls for drivers to make a pledge to drive safely this holiday season
The roads always get a bit more busy this time of the year as people across the country travel to see family for the holidays. But busier roads often lead to more crashes, so the Georgia Department of Transportation is calling on drivers in the state to take a pledge for safety. And theyâve even enlisted a World [âŠ]
November 25, 2015
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