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27 Mar 2009, 5:00 am
The Federal Highway Administration estimates about 11,000 people are injured and 160 are killed each year in accidents that involve unsafe pavement edges. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 11:54 am
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's current roof safety standard, established in 1973, calls for passenger vehicles to be able to withstand during a rollover crash a force that is 1.5 greater than the motor vehicle's weight. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 10:08 am
Microsoft Building with Stimulus Bucks - The Seattle Times reported that Microsoft will use around $11 million of federal stimulus funds to build a bridge over Highway 520 in order to connect its westside and Redmond campuses. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 7:34 pm
Companion guidelines for pre-hospital care were prepared with the support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and issued later. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 5:00 pm
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publication reports that in 1997 while seniors were 9% of the population they accounted for 14% of traffic fatalities and 17% of pedestrian fatalities.A Taskforce made up of team members of the Department of Licensing, Washington State Patrol and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission defined At Risk Drivers as: Drivers whose behavior, physical or cognitive capabilities, or other traits present substantial risk to either themselves… [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 3:32 pm
One survey conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found that in one year over 2 million roadside inspections of trucks disclosed that 23.2% of the vehicles were found to have serious violations. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 9:49 am
Right now the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is “working to make a difference and make walking safer. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 11:00 pm
According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), sleepy drivers account for approximately one hundred thousand car accidents a year in the United States. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 11:36 am
The Federal Highway Administration recently published figures indicating that the number of deaths from semi truck accidents in the United States fell by 5.8% for 2007. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 7:35 am
Currently, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires motor carriers to provide on the job testing to 50 percent of their commercially licensed drivers annually for the use of controlled substances, and 10 percent of their commercially licensed drivers annually for alcohol. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 3:09 am
The MUTCD is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart F. [read post]
14 Mar 2009, 3:36 pm
Right now the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is “working to make a difference and make walking safer. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 10:39 am
Lawyers USA reported that the American Association for Justice "praised language in a new regulation published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that departs from the stance on federal preemption of state law asserted under the Bush administration. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 9:35 am
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the government agency that licenses and regulates truckers, hazmat trucks spilled their cargo 50% more than other trucks between 1991 and 2000. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 12:09 pm
Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tend to dispute the claim that helmets negatively impact safety because of a perceived reduction in vision or hearing; however, a helmet may reduce vision when changing lanes. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 5:40 am
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is planning a complete review of existing child safety restraint standards. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 6:23 am
The federal Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Recovery Program will dole out $1 billion as part of the new federal stimulus law. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 11:33 am
American truckers and their lobbyists unsuccessfully pressured the Bush administration to reduce the breadth of foreign trucker's use of this country's highways, claiming that the presence of foreign drivers on interior roadways put Americans at an increased risk of injuries from truck accidents. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 4:26 am
Under the Bush administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided dispensaries across the U.S.; such seizures were common in California, which in 1996 became the first state to legalize marijuana sales to people with doctor's prescriptions -- in opposition to federal laws banning any use of the drug. [read post]
8 Mar 2009, 4:38 pm
Bicyclist Hit And Killed In Early-Morning Crash CBS4.com March 8, 2009 Related Web Resources Federal Highway Safety Administration: Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Broward Sheriff's Office [read post]
