Tag: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Daniel Sutter: Are our highways less safe?
Highway fatalities have increased from under 33,000 in 2014 to 37,461 in 2016, before declining slightly in...
U.S. traffic deaths jump by 10.4 percent in first half of...
U.S. traffic fatalities rose by an estimated 10.4 percent in the first half of this year, federal officials said Wednesday, and continued an upward...
Robert Bentley awards $3.7 million to improve Labor Day, holiday highway...
Gov. Robert Bentley on Thursday awarded nearly $3.7 million to help keep Alabama roads safe during the upcoming Labor Day weekend and other major traveling...
Daniel Sutter: Drones, self-driving vehicles, and the future
Two firsts occurred recently for drones and self-driving vehicles. On June 30, the first highway death in a self-driving car occurred when a Tesla...
Allen Farley: Why judges shouldn’t disregard ignition interlock requirement for DUIs
Memorial Day weekend is one of the deadliest because of alcohol-related accidents, behind only the Fourth of July. Alabama has the opportunity to decrease...