According to officials from multiple Ohio counties, their locales are experiencing a troubling uptick in motorcycle accidents this riding season, and the rise in more than just a bit discernible. In Stark County, for example, the five deaths incurred in motorcycle crashes thus far this year equal the amount of fatalities seen in that…
Technology has taken trucking industry safety to new levels. As a result, the industry hopes to see a reduction in truck accidents and tractor trailer crashes caused by reckless driving, making roads and freeways in Ohio and across the nation safer. For years, computers, GPS trackers and devices that monitor driver communications have provided…
Ohio, like most other states nationally, is evidencing a downward trend in fatal car accidents and drunk driving crashes over the long term. It’s the short term that safety regulators point to as being troublesome. Traffic-related deaths in the state dropped by 14 percent from 2006 to 2010. Fatalities in 2010, however, actually showed…
New requirements for anti-rollover systems in trucks are being opposed by American truck manufacturers, saying the regulations create millions of dollars in extra expenses to implement a rollover prevention system that probably won’t significantly cut down on truck crash rates. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration begs to differ, arguing that electronic stability controls…
Noting that most car manufacturers design their vehicles “to ace” the safety tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the president of the latter organization says that new model offerings were recently subjected to a more stringent front-end car crash scenario. The results…
Just as crosses are often used to mark the places where motor vehicle passengers were killed in a car accident, so are bicyclists finding their own unique memorials. In Ohio and across the United States, modest memorials known as “ghost bikes” are being set up at bike-car crash sites to remember the riders who…
The leading cause of death for children over the age of three in the United States is a car crash, and a recent safety study indicates that American parents and other motorists who exercise supervisory roles over children aren’t doing nearly enough to combat that sad statistic. The problem is this: Despite the great…
In the heat of a car accident or near-accident, many bicyclists are too frazzled and concerned about their safety to take the time to memorize vehicle license plates or other identifying features of vehicles. But even as some bicyclists continue to struggle to receive the respect they deserve on public roadways, an inventive tool…
Motor vehicle safety experts are pleased with their efforts to improve safety features in vehicles to reduce accidents, injuries and fatalities, and for good reason: Car accident fatality rates have been consistently in decline for much of the past decade. New numbers from the first three months of 2012 are causing concern, though, in…
It’s really the kind of construction accident that knows no geography. In other words, and while it occurred on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, it could just as easily have happened at virtually any construction site in Ohio or elsewhere. It serves as a stark and immediate reminder to construction…