#road-safety

#road-safety

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.

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.

Currently, around 20,000 people lose their lives on EU roads every year. The EU seeks to reach zero road deaths by 2050. These include imposing EU-wide bans on drivers who lose their licence - but also ends the practice of countries issuing 'licences for life'. Instead a driving licence issued in an EU country will be valid for 15 years - and then drivers will have to get it renewed.

As the smoke started spreading, the driver stopped the bus and tried to put the fire out by using a fire extinguisher, but the fire was so intense he couldn't control it,

Cycling has grown more popular in France recently, particularly in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic. In Paris, a 2023 study found that cycling accounted for 11.2 percent of people's daily trips, representing a significant increase from just three percent in 2010. Meanwhile, at a national level, cycling use went up by 39 percent between 2019 and 2022. In urban areas, the increase was 42 percent for this period, while suburban and rural areas saw an increase of 27 percent. according to French government statistics.

Motorists are being warned they could be fined up to £1,000 for driving with foggy windscreens this autumn and winter. The motoring experts at LeaseLoco.com are urging drivers to wait until their windscreens and windows have fully cleared before setting off on their journeys. As the temperatures drop, car windows can become foggy from condensation, particularly in the early mornings.