If your New Year's plans involve driving around the Kansas City Area, please exercise special caution. A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 80 people die each New Year's holiday in drunk driving accidents. Your chances of being killed by a...
Year: 2010
Study Shows Rise of Drug Use by Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes
Nearly one in five drivers that die in fatal auto accidents has detectable drugs in their system, according to data released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).This number shows a significant increase in the drug use of motorists...
Leading Causes of Semi-Truck Crashes
When truck drivers are at fault for crashes involving a passenger vehicle, a government study finds that the leading causes of the truck accidents are: the use of legal drugs, driving too fast, unfamiliarity with a road, inadequate attention to driving and driver...
Dangerous Conditions on the Road: MoDOT’s Responsibility in Highway Accidents
The economic recession has forced federal, state and local governments to cut back in some of the same ways that individual citizens have had to cut back: some good ideas have been put on the back-burner, and some commonplace maintenance projects have been put on...
Clear Message: Texting While Driving is Dangerous
Sending text messages from your cell phone while driving can be more dangerous than driving drunk, according to a new study.The study by the U.K.'s Transport Research Laboratory shows that people texting while driving experience a 35 percent drop in reaction times, as...