Media Coverage

November 19, 2024

Gen Z Might Be the Safest Generation of Teen Drivers, Experts Say

When it comes to making teens safer participants on U.S. roads, GHSA's Pam Shadel Fischer says, “The number one thing that’s made a difference is graduated driver licensing. We know that’s the most effective tool in the toolbox.”

November 6, 2024

Licensed to Drive? Gen Z — and Their Parents — Increasingly Say “No, Thanks” Due to Soaring Costs

“Whether you start driving at 16, 26 or 46,” Fischer says, “you’re still inexperienced.” That’s why graduated licensing exists in the first place — to put up guardrails around new drivers during their most risky years of driving.

October 23, 2024

WA Risky Driving Behaviors Analyzed

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has announced a partnership with Cambridge Mobile Telematics and Michelin Mobility Intelligence to utilize large-scale telematics data aimed at assessing and improving roadway safety across the state.

October 21, 2024

Make Way for Pumas!

For three months, from August through October, Hood River County has created a temporary Puma Path to Mid Valley Elementary with paw stencils and a crosswalk to reduce safety concerns of Odell Highway and inspire students to walk a half mile from the Mud Alley neighborhood to school in a weekly “walking bus” with their peers and caregivers.

October 14, 2024

Minnesota Makes Law Enforcement’s DWI Dashboard Available to Public

The public can now learn details about every impaired driving arrest and crash that happens in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has made public a tool that was previously just for law enforcement.

October 10, 2024

Gov. Ivey Awards Over $7.6 Million for Alabama Highway Safety Enforcement

Governor Kay Ivey has awarded more than $7.6 million to enhance highway safety in Alabama and reduce the number of reckless drivers on the state’s roads.

October 1, 2024

How Tennessee’s Traffic Safety Personnel Approach Pedestrian Protection

What do traffic gardens and Crosswalk Talks have in common? Those are two strategies being implemented by agencies across Tennessee to increase pedestrian safety, according to the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO).

September 28, 2024

Office of Highway Safety Launches New Personal Initiative

The Delaware Office of Highway Safety is launching a new initiative to help make roads in Delaware safer for drivers, passengers and pedestrians.

September 19, 2024

Highway Safety Unit Logging Lots of Miles and Traffic Stops

The recently formed Delaware State Police Highway Safety Unit conducted about 2,000 proactive traffic stops in the first three months of operation according to statistics provided to WDEL News.

Pedestrians crossing a busy urban street

September 9, 2024

With Pedestrian Fatalities Mounting, Regulators Propose Tougher Vehicle Design Rules

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing new regulations for vehicle design intended to reduce the number of pedestrians killed and seriously injured in crashes on U.S. roads.

August 30, 2024

Dark Highways, Fast Cars, Few Sidewalks — and More Pedestrian Deaths

More than three-fourths of counties with the highest pedestrian death rates also had persistently high poverty rates.

August 27, 2024

D.C. Police Starting New Unit Dedicated to Street Traffic Safety

The District’s police department is dedicating five officers solely to street traffic enforcement, a new initiative responding to record-high fatalities on city streets, officials said Tuesday.