Traffic Safety
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Metro history: Cars ran down more than 300,000 pedestrians in 1931
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Traffic safety has been a concern for a century now. How much closer are we to making the roads a secure place for drivers, pedestrians, and all others who navigate our transportation system?
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A driver refutes the automated justice of D.C.'s red light cameras
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One driver's frustrations with the District's red light cameras lasts for months as she continues to insist, over and over, that she never ran a red light — and keeps pointing to video evidence as proof. But the police department still doesn't buy her case.
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The future of America's traffic safety will include talking cars
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The U.S. Department of Transportation and several auto manufacturers gathered at RFK Stadium today to show off a new technology that the government may mandate in all cars starting in 2013. Will connected-vehicle tech revolutionize traffic safety?
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District bicyclists to D.C. Council: Yes, we need protection from angry drivers
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Today councilmembers heard from many of D.C.'s bicyclists about the failures of our roads — including the bicyclist struck in the well-publicized video of the Rhode Island Avenue accident. How should the Assault of Bicyclist Prevention Act of 2011 move forward?
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The danger of sneezing at the wheel
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A Salisbury driver suffered from a sneezing attack and his passenger is now dead and he's in the hospital with broken ribs. How dangerous is road sneezing and just how can it lead you to be charged with reckless driving?
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Hear the bike rap and seven other transportation safety songs
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These eight tunes highlight why you should exercise safe, cautionary behavior on the road, whether you're biking, at the crosswalk, or at the wheel. These people sing, rap, and even make use of the cello to spread their messages. What better way than music, after all, to realize you need to get a night light for your bike?
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D.C. driver intentionally strikes a bicyclist in WABA's new video
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Today the Washington Area Bicyclist Association attempts to show why we need better laws protecting cyclists from angry drivers. In the organizations' video clip, a D.C. bicyclist on Rhode Island Avenue encounters a pick-up driver pulling alongside him who curses and swerves to hit him. Do we need new laws to address this road rage?
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New streetlights planned for Columbia Pike
County Board members on Feb. 12 are expected to approve an agreement with the Virginia Department of Transportation, for the installation of new streetlights.
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Maryland cell-phone ban for drivers goes into effect Friday -- is it strong enough?
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As of Friday, drivers on Maryland roads will be required to use hands-free devices while driving.
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Officials, residents concerned with crosswalks near Cheverly thoroughfare
Officials focus on sites near Route 50.
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Traffic deaths at 60-year low
Deaths on America's highways have plunged to their lowest level in 60 years.
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Gaithersburg P.D. launches pedestrian safety initiative, will include ticketing
CommentFrom Sept. 13 through Sept. 24, police officers will be posted up along Route 355, where they'll be "educating" pedestrians on safety issues.
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