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Caught driving without a license? Pay $665
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 18 days ago
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Billing it as a public safety issue, Chicago aldermen today approved a measure requiring the impounding of cars where the driver was found to have a suspended or revoked license. But there's also a money-generating aspect to the new impound ordinance:...
Tags: Chicago City Council, Chicago, Driving, Driver's license, Traffic law, Personal identification, Car safety
Police Officer Kills Two Teens In A Car Accident
The Milford Police Department in Connecticut released a video of a police officer speeding 94 mph into a car with two teenagers making a left turn. The officer had no reason to be speeding, was not responding to a call, did not have the sirens...
Tags: police, teens, kills, speed, driving, speeding, officer, dangerous, allnews, Milford, Speed limit, Traffic law, Law enforcement, Road safety, Law Crime, Disaster Accident, Kills Two Teens, police officer
Editorial: Students shouldn't text and drive
Lawrence :: KS :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility In order to curb the dangerous practice of texting and driving, the Kansas Legislature should pass a law with a reasonable fine as the penalty, instead of leaving the decision up to the individual discretion of each police officer. “A lot of people think...
Tags: Lawrence, Driving under the influence, Drunk driving, Driving, Textecution, Mobile phones and driving safety, Road safety, Texting while driving, Text messaging, Disaster Accident, Law Crime
Tougher Drunk Driving Laws Passed by State Lawmakers
Albany :: NY :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Gov. David Paterson and the state Assembly passed new tougher drunk driving laws on Tuesday Nov. 17. Known as “Leandra’s Law” named after 11-year-old Leandra Rosada, who was killed in a drunk driving accident last month, the new laws are the toughest...
Tags: drunk driving, driving law, State Assembly, Albany, Traffic collision, Blood alcohol content, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Remove Intoxicated Drivers, Disaster Accident, Driving under the influence, Vehicular homicide, Law Crime, Driving, Road traffic safety, Ignition interlock device, Sheldon Silver, Leandra, Politics
Crist calls for ban on texting while driving
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday endorsed a statewide ban on texting while driving, joining a growing chorus trying to curb the risky practice popular among generations glued to their BlackBerrys and iPhones. "The obvious danger of it is absurd," said the...
Tags: Tallahassee, Text messaging, Mobile phone, Textecution, Technology Internet, Mobile telecommunications, Road safety, Texting while driving, Charlie Crist, Traffic law, Mobile phones and driving safety, Environment, Disaster Accident, Aggressive driving, Speed limit, Driving, Tailgating
DEPUTIZED: Winter driving safety
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility The California Highway Patrol offers these tips for winter driving safety: Many crashes are caused by driving too fast for road conditions...Your vehicle can't stop as fast or turn as accurately on wet or icy pavement. Prepare by leaving early and allowing...
Tags: driving safety, winter driving, Torrance, Highway patrol, California Highway Patrol, Driving, Windscreen wiper, Disaster Accident
Motorists driving on suspended licenses could lose wheels
Cook :: NE :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility City Hall Reporter Motorists who dare to drive on suspended or revoked licenses would lose their wheels under a crackdown advanced today to reduce violent crime and abuses ex- posed by the Chicago Sun-Times' "Why Are They Driving?" series. More than two...
Tags: revoked licenses, Tom Allen, Chicago Sun-Times, motorist driving, Cook, Driving, Traffic law, Personal identification
Drunken driving, motorcycle deaths are on the decline
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility After years of rising steadily, drunken-driving and motorcycle fatalities are falling in California — possibly one happy result of our long economic downturn. Tougher laws, more enforcement and extensive public awareness campaigns also get credit — especially...
Tags: DUI, motorcycles deaths, Robert Rosales, drunken driving, San Jose, Driving under the influence, Driving, Road traffic safety, Drunk driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Ignition interlock device
Bus driver texting ban proposed for Miami-Dade schools
Sarasota :: FL :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility Miami-Dade school bus drivers may soon be banned from sending text messages while driving. Miami-Dade school bus drivers may soon be banned from sending text messages while driving. School Board member Larry Feldman has proposed a new rule that would...
Tags: bus driver, schools bus, board member, text messages, Larry Feldman, sending text, schools board, School Board, dade schools, Sarasota, Truck driver, Driving under the influence, Traffic law, Driving, Technology Internet, Road safety, Texting while driving, Text messaging, Disaster Accident
Road safety council supports driver-retesting proposal
Kingston :: Jamaica | 20 days ago
Credibility It is something that we have been articulating for as we recognise that a lot of persons do not use the road correctly and disregard the road code," Thompson told The Gleaner on Sunday. Speaking at Grennell's Driving School's 10th anniversary event at...
Tags: Mike Henry, Natio-nal Road Safety Council, Road safety council, Derrick Thompson, roads safety, driving habits, Jamaica, Kingston, Road traffic safety, Traffic collision, Driving, Road transport, Car safety, Road safety, Disaster Accident
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