The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken the first step toward making impaired-driving prevention technology standard in new passenger vehicles.
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NHTSA Launches Distracted Driving Campaign
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is kicking off its annual U Drive. U Text. U Pay. campaign, raising awareness of the dangers of driving while distracted.
U.S. Traffic Deaths Jumped About 7% in the First Three Months of 2022
According to a preliminary estimate released on Wednesday, traffic deaths in the United States increased by about 7% in the first three months of 2022 to 9,560, the highest first-quarter number since 2002. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says traffic deaths have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In 2021, traffic deaths in… Continue reading U.S. Traffic Deaths Jumped About 7% in the First Three Months of 2022
New Approach Needed to Combat Drunken Driving, Report Says
Nearly 30% of all vehicular-crash deaths in the U.S. last year were alcohol-related, and a group representing state highway-safety offices says focusing on repeat offenders is needed to tackle the problem. Last year, 10,511 people died in crashes involving at least one driver with a blood-alcohol concentration of at least .08%, the legal cutoff in… Continue reading New Approach Needed to Combat Drunken Driving, Report Says
Court: Kansas Bars Can’t Be Sued By Drunken Driving Victims
The Kansas Supreme Court says victims injured by drunken drivers can’t sue the bars that served them. KCUR-FM reports that the high court’s ruling on Friday comes in the case of Jeff Kudlacik, who was placed in a medically induced coma and faced months of rehabilitation following a car accident involving a drunken driver in… Continue reading Court: Kansas Bars Can’t Be Sued By Drunken Driving Victims