#road-safety

#road-safety

Driving under the influence of nitrous oxide is an emerging threat to the safety of motorists on our roads. Its use can cause unconsciousness and even neurological damage or death from suffocation of the oxygen supply to the brain. Tragically, our officers have already seen deaths connected to drivers who were under the influence of NOS. The innovative device is being tested by our officers to see if it can be used to detect if a driver is under the influence of this harmful drug. If successful, this could lead these motorists to be prosecuted for drug driving offences.

Incredibly, the annual number of breath tests carried out in the last 15 years has plummeted as the number of drivers has skyrocketed.

A newly constructed ramp connecting the Mass Pike to I-495 in central Massachusetts opened overnight Monday, ahead of the Tuesday morning commute. Previously, motorists accessed all I-495 exits from a single point. Under the new system, those traveling I-90 westbound and heading for I-495 southbound will encounter the first exit, with a second exit following for those merging onto I-495 northbound, according to an advisory from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

A banned driver who killed a bride-to-be just hours after she had been shopping for her dream wedding dress has been jailed for five years. Sean Connaughton (54), was already banned from the road for four years, for not being insured, when he drove over Laura Connolly.

Roughly 90% of the conflict calls that lead to bear deaths trace back to one thing: unsecured human food. The Lake Tahoe Basin is where that pattern is most visible.

The driver was turning left from Lee Avenue on Lorimer Street just after 8 a.m. when he fatally struck the boy crossing the street, an NYPD spokesman said.

Kirubananthan drove recklessly and at high speeds leading up to the crash, reaching a speed of 136 km/h and driving in the wrong lane, which ultimately resulted in the fatal collision.

Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a collision involving a pedestrian and a car at Killallon Road on the L6821, Clonmellon, Co Westmeath.

More than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where their owners live, part of an increasing problem of ghost owners who cannot be held accountable for their driving.

The real problem is infrastructure, not vehicle safety. Roadways are open systems with infinite variables—weather, pedestrians, distracted drivers, and aging infrastructure. Communication between vehicles is minimal, and infrastructure is largely silent—and in that gap lies the potential for deadly collisions.

The overcrowded passenger bus skidded off the road and rolled down a steep, rocky slope into a gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir, resulting in at least 21 deaths.

The pedestrian was taken from the scene to Cork University Hospital where he has since died. Forensic Collision investigators attended the scene of the incident and an examination took place.

Gardaí caught a driver travelling 138kmh in a 50kmh zone on Cashel Road in Cahir in Tipperary, highlighting extreme speeding violations during the operation.

The collision occurred Monday night on I-95 northbound in Veazie, Maine, when an 18-year-old woman from Bangor lost control of her car due to snowy road conditions and crashed into the highway's median.

Mayor Muriel Bowser pointed to the city's expanded speed and red light camera system as one reason traffic fatalities fell by 52 percent here last year.

Successive punches of snow, wind and severe weather are "going to impact the eastern half of the United States," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys said in an interview. Beyond the threat to lives and property, "whether it's wind gusts from a squall line, blizzard or snow, or just wind because of the storm, you're looking at several major airports being impacted."

Oversized models, such as large SUVs, make it harder for drivers to see people walking and cycling nearby. SUVs are 14 per cent more likely to kill people walking and cycling than other passenger cars, and 77 per cent more likely to kill children up to the age of 18 in England.

The community is in shock at the news that filtered through this morning of the two lives lost in the accident. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have passed, their family and friends who are suffering from this tragedy to befall our community.