#road-safety

#road-safety

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As the rain returns, we remind folks to drive safely, use your headlights, wipers, and give space, that's probably the most common thing we see in the early stages of light rain, traffic accidents, people who are driving like it's summertime,

A speeding stop turned into an arrest on suspicion of DUI for the driver of a commercial semitrailer truck earlier this week after the California Highway Patrol pulled over a big rig on the Central Coast. According to the CHP, the driver was caught traveling 82 mph headed south on Highway 101 near Avila Beach, and when an officer made contact, the driver allegedly displayed signs of intoxication.

Nearly 11,000 people have signed an e-petition submitted to Parliament calling for the government "to make it law that if you hit a cat you must legally report it and take it to the nearest vets". Cats and wild animals are not covered by the Road Traffic Act 1988, which states drivers must stop and report an accident which involves certain specified animals such as dogs, horses, cattle, mules, sheep, pigs or goats.

But it was not a total shock earlier this year when I received one of those official notifications in the post, informing me that I had been caught exceeding a speed limit (driving out of Wandsworth in South London, if you're interested). I had to accept either three driver penalty points, or attend a speed awareness course. Having no points on my licence, and wanting to keep it that way, I chose to take the course (like so many others given the choice).

These are good drivers, experienced drivers, but they get pulled over and the officer says their English isn't good enough,

Based on Musk's post on X, which said the ability to text and drive would be totally dependent on the "context of surrounding traffic," I decided to try and find three levels of congestion: low, medium, and high. I also tried as best as I could to always glance up at the road, a natural reaction, but I spent most of my time, during the spans of when it was in my hand, looking at my phone screen. I limited my time looking at the phone screen to a few seconds, five to seven at most.

The dump truck then veered left into a Nissan Maxima (sideswipe), which was driving next to it, before continuing south across the eastbound lanes of Cactus Rd into and through the residential wall. Fox 10 Scottsdale reported Wednesday that the truck was carrying more than 20 tons of rocks and left a large hole in the residential wall. The homeowner of the assisted living facility described the crash like an explosion, according to Fox 10.

In its annual "Roadmap to Safety" report, the Advocates for Highway & Road Safety once again surveyed the patchwork of statewide regulations that governs America's roads, and found a whopping 45 states had failed to adopt sufficiently aggressive road safety laws, including restrictions on text messaging behind the wheel, permitting red light cameras, and bans on open containers of alcohol in cars.

A dental nurse who broke a red light and knocked down a Leaving Cert student who was walking to school has been given a suspended sentence.

"Roads could get iced up rather quickly, said Mark Schuster, operational meteorologist with Environment Canada, noting highways could see the worst conditions. Regions north and northeast of Toronto could see significant snowfall into the evening hours, he said. The risk of snow squalls, or bursts of heavy snow, is expected late Thursday morning and in the afternoon with about two centimeters of snow coming down in total."

When a dense fog advisory is issued for your area, it means that widespread dense fog has developed and visibility can plummet to a quarter-mile or less. These conditions pose challenges for travel, so exercise extra caution on the road or consider postponing your trip if possible. If you must drive in foggy conditions, keep the following safety tips in mind: Moderate your speed: Slow down and allocate extra travel time to reach your destination safely.

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A Brooklyn wigmaker who plowed her car into a family of pedestrians last spring - killing a mother and her two older children - was sentenced Wednesday to three to nine years in prison. Miriam Yarimi, 33, pleaded guilty last month to three counts of reckless manslaughter for the deaths of 34-year-old Natasha Saada and her daughters, 8-year-old Diana and 5-year-old Deborah in Midwood in March. Saada's 4-year-old son Philip was critically hurt in the crash, suffering skull fractures, brain bleeding and eventually losing a kidney.

Ireland is in mourning after a road crash killed five people in their early 20s and left three other people injured. The two-vehicle collision happened at around 9pm on Saturday on a road near Dundalk in County Louth. Police said the five people who died three men and two women were on their way to Dundalk when their Volkswagen Golf collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser on the Ardee road at Gibstown.

As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will use AI to automate inspections of guardrails, road signs and pavement markings, instantly discerning between minor problems and emergencies that warrant sending a maintenance crew.

A new law setting a 6km/h speed limit for cyclists, skaters, scooter and e-scooter riders on pavements in Slovakia has prompted mockery, criticism and a rash of online memes. The Slovakian parliament approved the measures to improve safety, agreeing that pavement users who exceed the limit could be fined up to 100 euros ($116). It is not yet clear how police will implement the law when it comes into effect on 1 January next year.

Fraser Bohm, 24, is charged with four counts of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the Oct. 17, 2023, crash on a stretch of PCH in Malibu known as "Dead Man's Curve," where he plowed into parked cars, killing the women. He is charged with murder based on the concept of implied malice, suggesting a conscious disregard for human life, after allegedly reaching 104 mph before the crash.

Also known as hydroplaning, aquaplaning happens when a layer of water builds up between a vehicle's tyres and the road surface, causing the tyres to lose grip. This can lead to a complete loss of steering and braking control, leaving drivers unable to manoeuvre safely until the tyres regain contact with the road. Even a small amount of water can cause aquaplaning if tyres are worn or under-inflated.

When robustly maintained, these datasets help researchers and policymakers understand road safety trends to intervene with informed policies. When incomplete or biased, however, these datasets leave decision-makers uninformed and directionless, or worse yet, lead them to make incorrect choices. The need for data-driven solutions is especially critical at this time as America's roads continue to become busier, with more people and goods on the move.

Lots of common Halloween costumes aren't suitable for driving, particularly if they include capes, masks or unusual footwear. If you're caught driving in a costume that limits your ability to drive safely, it can be classed as careless or dangerous driving, which comes with weighty penalties. If you need to be somewhere in costume this Halloween, I'd suggest travelling in your normal clothes and putting on your outfit once you arrive at your destination.