By Stewart W. Price, President of the National Motorists Association In January of 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation, led by Secretary Pete Buttigieg, published the “National Roadway Safety Strategy,” (NRSS) which serves as the playbook for revamping our current roadway system. It spells out the following goals and corresponding implementation strategies for: Safer People […]
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NMA E-Newsletter #734: National Roadway Safety Strategy: Is it a better mouse trap?
February 19, 2023 • 85TH PERCENTILE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FHWA, ITE, MUTCD, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, Road Safety, speed limits
Highway Deaths in Rural America: NMA E-Newsletter #714
September 18, 2022 • Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GHSA, MASS TRANSIT, Motorcycle, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Road Safety, SEAT BELT, SPEEDING, Traffic Safety
The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 people died in rural areas during the five-year study period—nearly half of all traffic deaths across the country. This […]
ADAS Accidents—A Perfect Storm Towards the Car of the Future?: NMA E-Newsletter #709
August 14, 2022 • ADAS, Automated Vehicle, Automotive Industry, DRIVER EDUCATION, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, Traffic Safety
Automakers and safety advocates have pushed for more Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) on new vehicles for years. But is this burgeoning technology safe? A June National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report indicated that over 400 accidents have occurred in the past year directly due to the failure or inappropriate use of ADAS. Those […]
Countering the Safe Streets/Vision Zero Mindset: NMA E-Newsletter #699
June 5, 2022 • DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ITE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, Road Safety, Safe Streets, SPEED LIMIT, SPEEDING, Traffic Fatalities, VISION ZERO, VMT
Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its estimate of 2021 U.S. traffic fatalities. A Reuters headline blared, “U.S. traffic fatalities surge 10.5% in 2021 to highest count since 2005,” followed by the lede, “Traffic deaths surged after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020 as more drivers engaged in unsafe behavior like speeding and […]
Traffic Calming: Can’t See the Forest for the Trees: NMA E-Newsletter #692
April 17, 2022 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, OHCA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Sudden cardiac arrest is a national public health crisis. In its Heart and Stroke Statistics – 2022 Update, the American Heart Association notes more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur in the United States every year, close to 1,000 per day. The survival rate from onset to hospital discharge hovers around ten percent. OHCA […]
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