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National Transportation Safety Board Supports .05 Blood Alcohol Concentration or Lower to Save 800 to 1800 Lives in U.S. Annually SAN FRANCISCO, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alcohol Justice joined the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in calling for a reduction in the illegal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) per se limit from .08 to .05 or lower in the U.S. to save lives and prevent injuries. The NTSB recommended the tougher national standard at its board...

Met with growing need and interest, the motorcycle safety program will install 20 warning signs and kickoff a new online awareness movement this year NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To kick off National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month (May), Allstate Insurance Company will continue its efforts to donate standardized warning signs for motorcycle safety with its "Once is Never Enough" (ONE) program with the first installation of 2013. ONE is an awareness campaign that...

National Safety Council and Nationwide Insurance release new report on cell phone distracted driving crashes ITASCA, Ill., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the National Safety Council released findings from a recent analysis of national statistics on fatal motor vehicle crashes, in a report entitled, "Crashes Involving Cell Phones: Challenges of Collecting and Reporting Reliable Crash Data," funded in part by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. The report reviewed 180...

With deaths on the rise, parent involvement is key to keep teens safe WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What's an effective tool for reducing teen crash risk? Parents. Moms and dads play a critical role in helping teens survive their most dangerous driving years. This theme is explored in a new report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), Promoting Parent Involvement in Teen Driving: An In-Depth Look at the Importance and the...

Approximately 5,000 Motorcyclist Fatalities Projected WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a new report released today, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is projecting that motorcyclist deaths increased approximately 9 percent in 2012, to more than 5,000 lives lost. This is greater than the overall traffic fatality increase projected by the federal government and would be the 14(th) out of the last 15 years in which motorcyclist deaths increased....

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PennDOT Executive Deputy Secretary for Administration Bradley L. Mallory today joined local farmers and officials from the state Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) to highlight Rural Roads Safety Week, which runs through April 19. The event was held at the Furnace Hill Farm in Lebanon to educate motorists about the importance of driving safely around farm equipment...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) announced today that it has awarded U.S. Representative Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) its prestigious Roadway Safety Champion Award. Barletta, who introduced H.R. 3536, the Safe Roads for America Act, in the 112(th) Congress, is an ardent champion of roadway safety infrastructure. His leadership and vision relating to roadway signage and pavement marking retroreflectivity and...

Toyota, Consumer Reports and Google Receive Safety Awards NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dedicated to bringing automobile manufacturers, public and private organizations, and the media together to share information and discuss ways to make vehicles and roadways safer for drivers and pedestrians, the World Traffic Safety Symposium announced the 2013 Traffic Safety Achievement Awards last week at the New York International Auto Show. The Honorable David L. Strickland,...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Despite bans put in place to discourage the practice, people are continuing to use their mobile handsets while behind the wheel, according to the results of a new survey from the US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released last Friday. Despite the continued warnings that distracted driving can lead to crashes, injuries and death, many Americans choose to avoid those warnings and...

Danziger & De Llano states that new technology designed to enhance oil and gas company truck driver safety is very good news for drivers in Texas, where the number of oil and gas-related motor deaths are the highest in the country. (PRWEB) April 06, 2013 The safe driving practices of drivers in the oil and gas industry have drawn increasing scrutiny and have become very important as the oil exploration and production industry continues to grow. In response, a California company called...