Traffic Safety
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The power of product branding and marketing on American's consumer spending and behavior is undeniable. When done right, private sector marketing can influence someone to spend thousands of dollars mo...
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Every year some 3,000 Canadians are killed and more than 200,000 are injured in traffic collisions. One-third of these casualties occur in RCMP jurisdiction. Traffic crashes are one of the leading cau...
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In 2003, for the first time since 1999, the United States experienced a reduction in alcohol-related fatalities. There were 511 fewer alcohol-related traffic deaths in 2003, compared with 2002, which ...
Traffic Safety
Police officer giving sobriety test to young man to see if he is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Police cruiser is out of focus in the foreground.
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To the Fairfax County Police Department's Traffic Division it was clear: a comprehensive impaired driver enforcement program had to include sobriety checkpoints. It was also clear that conducting sobr...
Traffic Safety
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More than 17,000 people die and half a million are injured every year from an entirely preventable cause of death, alcohol-related crashes. That's one death every half hour. Research shows that the be...
Traffic Safety Initiatives
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“Tougher impaired driving laws, and the enforcement of those laws by tens of thousands of dedicated police officers across the country, are saving hundreds of lives nationwide,” said Jeffrey W. Ru...
From the Director
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In August 10, 2004, U. S. Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced the results of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Annual Assessment for 2003. The secretary annou...
Traffic Safety
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Police departments have found creative ways to enforce traffic laws. Ten years ago, police in Boulder, Colorado, increased compliance with speed laws by stationing a plainclothes officer with a radar ...