Two bills aimed at combating distracted driving are progressing through the Connecticut General Assembly. The House of Representatives last Thursday voted 139-1 to add distracted driving to the list of moving violations that would be made available to insurance companies. …
Frustrated by drivers who ignore Connecticut’s ban on talking and texting on hand-held cellphones, some state legislators want insurance companies to know when their customers break the law. Lawmakers hope the prospect of higher insurance rates will finally encourage people …
New numbers show that Georgia has seen a slight drop in the number of motorcycle fatalities. The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety reported that new data made available on April 24 shows that the state had slightly fewer deadly …
A new study awards a dubious distinction to three New Jersey roadways. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign finds that from 2009 to 2011, Route 130 in Burlington County, the Blackhorse Pike in Atlantic County and Route 1 in Middlesex County were …
The clearing of trees from the median of a 16-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway is raising some eyebrows. Some motorists are complaining the work between Wall and Toms River is stripping the parkway of the features that distinguish …
A national highway research group says a fifth of New Mexico’s roads need upgrading because they are in poor or mediocre condition. In a report issued Tuesday, the Washington, D.C-based group called TRIP said New Mexico’s economy would receive a …
New York State Police say they issued more than 33,000 traffic tickets and arrested 538 people for driving while intoxicated statewide in a campaign that began Dec. 14 and continued through the holidays until Jan. 1.Part of a national campaign, …
According to data from Progressive Insurance, single-vehicle claims were up 30 percent on New Year’s Day 2012, when compared to the same day of the week two weeks prior to and after New Year’s Day. The total number of claims …
Deaths of bicyclists and occupants of large trucks rose sharply last year even as total traffic fatalities dropped to their lowest level since 1949, federal safety officials said Monday. Bicyclist deaths jumped 8.7 percent and deaths of occupants of large …
A couple of years ago, Hesham Rakha misjudged a yellow traffic light and entered an intersection just as the light turned red. A police officer handed him a ticket. “There are circumstances, as you approach a yellow light, where the …
