Just two days before Thanksgiving, Massachusetts became the fifth state to open store doors — two, in fact — for the sale of legalized recreational marijuana. The stores, which are located in Leicester and Northampton, each feature a wide selection of marijuana products available for…
This fall, many citizens gathered at a Boston City Council committee meeting to express their public support for lowering the speed limit for the city’s roads. The proposed speed limit reduction would decrease the current speed limit from 25 to 20 mph; this comes less…
In addition to risk and danger, should we also be talking about values and respect when it comes to deterring distracted driving? Despite a number of well-intended campaigns by governmental agencies, corporations, law enforcement, healthcare providers, cell phone service providers and insurance comp
Yet again, safety concerns over Uber have arisen—this time the rideshare company has filed an application with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to continue testing self-driving vehicles on public roads. This is the first such request since March 2018 death of a pedestrian who was…
Most of us are aware that distracted driving, using our smartphones for texting, e-mailing or accessing social media, personal grooming and other activities that take our eyes off the road, is dangerous. The 2017 AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Index reported that for more than 87 percent…
Older Drivers Crashing Into Buildings and Pedestrians – There is a Solution! A July 17, 2018, headline on the Cleveland.com website reported: “One woman dead, Walmart employee injured after being hit by car outside Mentor store”. Witnesses to the crash said the car appeared…
Driving the wrong way on an interstate along America’s highways kills hundreds of people each year in what are completely preventable crashes. Now, the Nevada Highway Patrol is taking on these dangerous drivers through enhanced, strategically created signage designed to keep them from ever entering…
Background: On July 1, 2018, a Utah storyline read “Husband runs over wife, kills her in what police call a terrible accident”. Salt Lake City’s CBS affiliate (KUTV-2) went on to report: “Investigators said the woman, in her 90’s, got out of the family car to…
Despite Nevada state law mandating automobile drivers yield to walkers, the growing number of pedestrian fatalities caused by traffic collisions graphically illustrates the dangers of simply walking near a road. Just last week in Las Vegas, an intoxicated driver deliberately drove on the sidewalk ne
The trucking industry faces its first highway test on the safety of its vehicles and drivers since the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rules went into effect last year. Despite requirements that they limit the amount of time spent driving, truckers across the country still skirt…
Distracted driving is certainly a growing legal issue. We know that texting drivers who cause crashes face civil liability. Similarly, if drivers use apps that distract their attention from the road causing a crash the driver will also be sued. So when an 18 year-old…
A three car wreck along a remote highway northwest of Las Vegas last week killed five people. The fiery accident occurred after a northbound car attempted to pass a slower moving truck.and slammed head-on into a southbound car. The passing car burst into flames, burning…
