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* USA - Highway Fatality Rate
* DC - Rises for first time in six years
(Photo via Facebook: Rafael de Mestre's Crashed Tesla Roadster)Washington,DC,USA -The Car Connection, by Bengt Halvorson -May 3, 2013: -- U.S. drivers may have felt safer than ever on the road in 2012, thanks to ever-better vehicle protection. Yet the number of people killed on U.S. highways took an alarming step in the wrong direction, rising for the first time in six years and marking the end of our longest continuous stretch of annual declines... In its “Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2012” report, the federal government reported (from preliminary figures) that U.S. highway deaths rose 5.3 percent in 2012, to 34,080... The improvement in economic conditions could be part of it... Driver distraction and the use of smartphones while driving—whether with the handset or through ever-evolving connected vehicle interfaces—are another potential factor...
* DC - Truckers say traffic deaths underscore need for driver training, crashworthiness
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -6 May 2013: -- A federal agency that sets and enforces safety and equipment standards for motor vehicles says more people died on the highways in 2012 compared with 2011. While the numbers do not yet show how many fatalities occurred in crashes involving trucks, truckers continue to make a case for comprehensive training for drivers and crashworthiness standards for trucks... If the estimate holds up, it would end a six-year trend of year-over-year decreases in fatalities but still amount to a 22 percent decrease over 2005, when 43,510 people died... NHTSA does not say why the 2012 numbers are up, but does point out that Americans likely drove more miles than they did in 2011... The Federal Highway Administration says Americans traveled 9.1 billion more miles in 2012 than they did in 2011, an increase of about 0.3 percent... From a trucking perspective, OOIDA continues to advocate for cab crashworthiness standards for trucks and comprehensive training for entry level drivers...
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