The State Highway Administration has launched a program to reduce jaywalking across Coastal Highway in Ocean City. The three-year pilot program will use newly designed sidewalk markings about 10 feet from three intersections on Coastal Highway that have seen the …
The Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a policy watchdog group based in New York, released its annual report listing the region’s most dangerous roads for pedestrians. The report analyzed federal data from 2008 to 2010. It found that overall, more than 1,200 …
A new state law requiring Pennsylvania drivers to pull over and stop if they want to use text-based communications went into effect at midnight Thursday, although it remains legal to use a hand-held cellphone behind the wheel. The statewide texting-while-driving …
Louisiana State Police report nine traffic-related fatalities so far this year. Out of those seven of eight people who died in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts. A ninth fatality involved a motorcycle. In a recent checkpoint in …
Nearly three dozen Virginia high schools are participating in a safe driving campaign starting this week. The Virginia State Police is teaming up with Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety to increase awareness about seat belt use and …
Safety groups are urging teenage drivers in Virginia to wear seat belts and slow down following a sharp increase in fatal wrecks. Preliminary statistics show that traffic accidents killed 11 people ages 16 to 20 between Jan.1 and Jan. 24. …
The number of people who died on Vermont highways last year dropped 22 percent last year, to 55, the lowest number since 1944, officials said this week. The statistics released by Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn and other officials follow …
Pedestrian safety advocates and police in Las Vegas are enlisting a jolly old elf, and maybe a Christmas tree or two, in a drive to improve crosswalk safety during the bustling holidays. UNLV Safe Community Partnership chief Erin Breen says …
The Rhode Island State Police are stepping up patrols through the end of the year to crack down on drivers who are under the influence of alcohol. Police Superintendent Col. Steven O’Donnell says authorities will take part in two traffic …
Supporters of tougher laws against distracted driving said Wednesday they hoped the National Transportation Safety Board’s call for an outright ban on all non-emergency cellphone use by motorists would encourage Massachusetts to expand on a law that bars texting while …
