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Dec 18, 2012

SAFETY ROADS * USA

* DC - Highway Deaths Drop to 62-Year-Low

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit Bureau, by Paul A. Eisenstein -Dec.10, 2012: -- Traffic fatalities fell to their lowest level in more than six decades last year, according to a new analysis by federal regulators, continuing a decade-long decline – though there are some preliminary signs that the death rate may have turned back upward in 2012... The ongoing decline appears to show the benefits of the latest advanced safety technology, like electronic stability control – some of which can “compensate for poor judgment” — as well as increased usage of simpler, time-tested devices such as seatbelts. Experts also give credit to increased enforcement, especially the crackdown on drunk driving. Yet another factor, though, may also be the medical knowledge gained from two long wars... According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, highway deaths dipped to 32,367 during 2011. That was down 1.9% from the previous year and comes in as the lowest number since 1949. The fatality rate averaged 1.10 deaths per-100-million-miles-driven , the lowest figure ever seen during nearly a century of government record-keeping...
* DC - Safety board urges car locks for all drunken drivers

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Washington,DC,USA -USA Today, by Bart Jansen -11 Dec 2012: -- All people convicted of drunken driving in the country should have interlocks installed on their cars to prevent a repeat offense, the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously recommended on Tuesday.The recommendation to state legislatures, which is non-binding, goes to 33 states that don't currently require interlock devices for all convicted offenders. The other 17 already require the devices, which are aimed at deterring repeat offenses.Interlocks are devices typically mounted on the vehicle's dashboard, which require motorists to breathe into them, to test whether they have consumed alcohol. The device won't allow the vehicle to start until the motorist passes the test...   The board's recommendation was based on a study of accidents involving wrong-way drivers, such as entering a highway on an exit ramp or simply veering into the opposing lane of traffic.The study found that these crashes, which usually occur at night or on weekends, kill an average of 360 people each year in 260 accidents. Overall, about 10,000 die each year in accidents with drunken drivers...


* DC - NHTSA: Data recorders 'essential' to auto safety 

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -December 19, 2012: -- The Obama administration's top auto safety regulator said automotive black boxes are essential to auto safety and said the government will protect motorists' privacy... In a Detroit News interview, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, David Strickland, said he also opposed on/off switches that could allow motorists to turn off event data recorders, saying it would be a "horrible thing for safety."... Earlier this month, NHTSA proposed requiring all vehicles built after September 2014 to have event data recorders that capture information before and after a crash... The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the trade association representing Detroit's Big Three, has also called for privacy protections...

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