February 28, 2022
Washington state regulators found more than 600 safety and procedural violations by school bus carrier First Student in the past two years, dozens of which persisted for years after company officials were warned of the infractions. The Seattle Times reported …
February 7, 2022
The number of drivers ticketed in Nevada for putting the pedal to the metal in violation of speed limits continues to climb. Nevada Office of Traffic Safety data indicates over 5,100 citations were issued in 2021 to drivers going over …
December 29, 2021
Twenty people were injured when a Greyhound bus headed to Las Vegas veered off a highway and rolled over in central Utah late Monday night, officials said. The injured passengers were taken to area hospitals with a range of minor …
November 24, 2021
A new study out ranks California’s highway system 45th in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition. The Annual Highway Report published by Reason Foundation is a two-spot drop from 43rd overall in the previous report. This is in part …
November 12, 2021
Tens of thousands of mountain lions, bears, bighorn sheep, squirrels, birds and lizards have met their fate in collisions with vehicles across California, according to a “roadkill” report that names a San Francisco Bay Area highway as the state’s deadliest …
August 25, 2021
A Milwaukee, Wis., man accused of drag racing and causing a crash that killed two people has been charged with reckless homicide. According to a criminal complaint, witnesses told police it appeared a car driven by 25-year-old Michael Howard was …
June 25, 2021
Drivers were caught speeding less in Wyoming last year but those who got nabbed were going faster than usual. Citations for speeding fell 15% in 2020 but there were 29% more citations for people driving over 100 mph, according to …
June 16, 2021
Transportation officials have reported nearly twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads last year compared to the year before, despite less commuter traffic during the coronavirus pandemic. The state Department of Transportation said there were 61 …
May 14, 2021
Safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities near Oakland arrested a man in another Tesla rolling down a freeway with no one behind the steering wheel. Experts …
April 13, 2021
A proposal by Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to allow off-road vehicles on Alaska roads has raised safety concerns and enforcement questions. Currently, state law only allows people to drive off-road vehicles across roads and not on roads. The proposed …