Traffic Safety
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Welcome to Speed Camera City
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Mayor Vince Gray told the Council that eventually, he'd like to cover the entire city of Washington, D.C. with automated traffic cameras to enforce the rules of the road — with lots of fines and lots of revenue for the government.
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D.C. police kindly remind residents to watch out for pedestrians
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A new leaflet tells drivers when to give walkers the right of way on the streets of the District.
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Half of the District's roads and sidewalks are considered subpar
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D.C. will report fewer potholes in 2012, but more than half our local roads and sidewalks are of only fair or poor quality.
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Walk carefully at these intersections, DDOT warns
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The city says that these 24 intersections are the most dangerous spots for people trying to walk in the District. Do you live near one?
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Metro history: A D.C. taxicab killed America's premier CIA-trained cat spy
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Uber isn't the only entity to fall victim to our local taxis. In the 1960s, the CIA created a way for cats to spy on our Soviet enemies. Too bad they didn't anticipate the wild driving of our local D.C. taxis, which laid waste to $25 million worth of government efforts.
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'Tailgating is one thing I cannot tolerate': David Lynch decries a driving sin
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In the 1997 film Lost Highway, one character warns about the sins of tailgating with a brutal message that viewers aren't likely to forget.
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Is the Chevy Volt safe? Government still checking fire risks but GM says yes
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General Motors offers new enhancements for its prime electric car with assurances that it'll be safe. Will drivers still come around to the Volt?
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Highway I-495's fearsome power is spelled D-I-E
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Did you ever notice that Highway I-495 spells out the word "die" if you translate the numbers into letters? The fourth letter of the alphabet is D, the ninth is I ... and so on. Testimonies from Yelp show how the Beltway is still scaring D.C.'s drivers as much as ever.
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MetroAccess driver allegedly sleeps at the wheel amid holiday exhaustion
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Did a MetroAccess driver fall asleep at a red light last Friday? Perhaps. But MV Transportation insists that no one worked a shift of more than 15 hours over the recent holiday period and that the service is safe, despite the doubts of its drivers' union.
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Washington, D.C. issues more than 350 parking tickets an hour
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If you drive in the District, AAA Mid-Atlantic has some numbers that will crush your holiday spirits. The city's Department of Public Works gave out more than 1.6 million parking tickets last year and received likely more than $80 million as a result. Is that truly fair?
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Inside North Korea's colorful, strange Pyongyang Metro and traffic, Part 2
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The country may offer a Metro but hundreds of thousands of people also walk, bus, streetcar, and even drive through the capital city. Sounds norml enough, right? At first ... until you realize the city lacks traffic lights.
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'Tis the season to remember to drive sober or not at all
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Traffic fatalities always spike during major holidays, and December is one of the most significant time periods because two big holidays are paired — Christmas on Dec. 25 and New Year's on Jan. 1.
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Metro history: Speed downhill, expect a D.C. traffic ticket
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Whether with speed cameras or vulture-like cops, Washington, D.C. has always been ready to punish those who would speed. In the 1960s, cops used to place radar at the bottom of hills to trap drivers who descended too quickly.
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America's sharp, new turn against distracted driving
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Today the National Transportation Safety Board has said it will vote that all states ban mobile devices for talking or texting, even if the devices are hands-free.
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Seat belts have saved more than a quarter million lives
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The rise of the seat belt in the last 34 years has continued to save more and more lives every year, according to a federal report. What's the next great traffic-safety innovation?
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Traffic laws? One D.C. bicyclist says she'll break them if it's safe
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Cyclists may pedal past red lights but that may be a natural, risk-free behavior for many on the road, according to one District rider. Should anyone be shocked by the idea that bicyclists don't follow this law? The road may be more complicated than our current system allows.
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D.C.'s traffic fatalities fell last year but hold the celebrations
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Today transportation folks are celebrating some big and truly good news — the 2010 nationwide traffic fatalities are the lowest they've been in more than half a century. But D.C.'s numbers haven't dropped. Here, let's review the 13 factors that have led to fatal crashes in the past.
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Yes, a parent's DUI will influence the child's drunk-driving habits
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A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration confirms some bad numbers and suggests a new connection between the drunk-driving habits of parents and their teenage children. More than 900,000 16- and 17-year-olds reported driving drunk in the past year.
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