We Must Change How We Talk about Pedestrian Deaths
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The death of three more pedestrians offers yet another example of what can go wrong when drivers do not exercise due care — and why so few drivers learn the lesson.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Drunk Driving
Other States Should Copy Utah’s New Drunk Driving Rule
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The new law lowers the threshold for impairment to .05 blood-alcohol level — which is what experts recommend.
NHTSA Touts Decrease in Traffic Deaths, But 32,719 Ain’t No Vision Zero
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Twenty-four-year-old Taja Wilson was killed near the Louisiana bayou in August when a driver swerved on the shoulder where she was walking. Noshat Nahian, age 8, was killed in a Queens crosswalk on his way to school in December by a tractor-trailer driver with a suspended license. Manuel Steeber, 37, was in a wheelchair when he was […]
Crack-Smoking Aside — Does Rob Ford Have a Drunk Driving Problem?
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What’s the best way describe the state of Rob Ford’s mayoralty in Toronto? At this point, “train wreck” might be too kind. Late last week, news broke that Toronto police were in possession of the famous but elusive video showing the executive of Canada’s largest city smoking crack. The news cycle has, understandably, been dominated […]
NTSB: States Should Have Tougher Drunk Driving Rules
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The National Transportation Safety Board announced today it will recommend lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit from .08 to .05 percent, saying the U.S. is too tolerant of drunk driving. The recommendation comes as the NTSB released a new report on drunk driving [PDF], establishing a goal of zero deaths. Studies have shown impairment — divided attention […]