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 […]
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Highway Deaths in Rural America: NMA E-Newsletter #714
September 19, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, GHSA, Mass Transit, Motorcycle, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SEAT BELT, SPEEDING, traffic safety
How Driving Age and Norms Vary Throughout the World
• August 30, 2022 • 0 Comments • Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, NHTSA, road safety, Speed Limits, Tips, Traffic Congestion
At what age are you able to receive your driver’s license? What might it look like to drive on a road in another part of the world? How do people drive, and how does it vary from our own experience here in the United States? The laws and traffic regulations surrounding driving throughout the world […]
ADAS Accidents—A Perfect Storm Towards the Car of the Future?: NMA E-Newsletter #709
August 15, 2022 • 0 Comments • ADAS, Auto Industry, DRIVER EDUCATION, NHTSA, SAFETY, Self Driving Vehicle, 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 […]
Traffic Calming: Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
July 22, 2022 • 0 Comments • NHTSA, OHCA, PEDESTRIAN, SAFETY, Speed Bumps, Traffic Calming, Traffic Congestion
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in April 2022 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #692. If you would like to receive the one-topic motorist-related newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe Here. Sudden cardiac arrest is a national public health crisis. In its Heart and Stroke Statistics – 2022 Update, the American […]
Countering the Safe Streets/Vision Zero Mindset: NMA E-Newsletter #699
June 6, 2022 • 0 Comments • DUI, ITE, NHTSA, NMA, road safety, Safe Streets, Speed Limits, 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 […]
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