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A recent study by researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham has confirmed that Florida's mandatory vision testing for elderly drivers has greatly reduced the number of traffic fatalities....

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Several news outlets are reporting that the Texas Department of Public Safety has asked the Attorney General's office for an opinion on whether driver checkpoints would be legal. Checkpoints have a...

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A few weeks ago, young Griffin Jones was seriously injured in a car wreck near Bastrop. His family's car was stopped to make a turn when another vehicle slammed into them from behind at full speed....

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In the wake of revelations that the Metrolink train engineer involved in the deadly collision near Los Angeles was texting while driving his train, a new British study has concluded that texting...

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It is undisputed that driving safety is an issue for teenage drivers. More than 5,000 U.S. teens die each year in auto accidents, and the rate of crashes for teens is almost 10 times the rate for...

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Last week, in the wake of the Sherman bus wreck, I reported that Texas had taken a giant leap forward during the 2007 legislative session by passing a law that requires school buses to be equipped...

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The Houston Chronicle is now reporting that the tour operator that drove the bus involved in the Sherman, Texas bus wreck had a history of fines and compliance issues. In fact, in June the Federal...

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There was terrible news of a bus crash in Sherman, Texas early this morning. A charter bus carrying 55 people from Houston to Carthage, Mo. for a religious celebration ran off the road and into a...

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After reading yesterday's post about the crash of the Straight Talk Express, someone jokingly asked me whether the elderly should be driving. In reality, at the time of the wreck, McCain obviously...

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Car enthusiast website Jalopnik.com is reporting that John McCain's Straight Talk Express left its mark on the election season when it ran over a minivan yesterday. The post has several great photos...

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Professors from Harvard Medical School and the University of Alabama-Birmingham have just released a study predicting that higher gas prices and the resulting decrease in driving could reduce auto...

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It's not unusual for publications to print articles touting Austin as a great place to live, but last week, we were tops on the wrong kind of list. A study by Allstate Insurance Company found that...

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I have previously written on the rapid increase in the number of Austin's hit and run car wrecks. This week, KXAN ran a story that detailed the problem. The story notes that there were 10,786 hit...

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Last week, I posted about a hit and run accident where the victim was hit by two separate vehicles, neither of whom stopped. Then this weekend, there was another fatal hit and run wreck. I'd like to...

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Yesterday, I reported that a city-led task force has made recommendations designed to decrease the number of bicycle accidents in Austin. Now, preliminary results of a new study were released by the...

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