While the past year has caused a massive, nationwide change in how many of us view work and the need for the traditional away-from-home workplace, that option remains unavailable to millions of others. Stores still need to be staffed and tended to, hospitals never stop taking care of sick people, fire and police department operations continue around the clock, and a whole host of other occupations demand that ...
The parents of a Penn Township teen who died in a vehicle collision in 2020 have sued four state energy companies along with the state Department of Transportation for what they believe are their roles in causing their child’s death.
Sunoco Pipeline, Dominion Energy Transmission, Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage Inc., and Columbia Gas, along with PennDOT have been named as defendants by the parents of former Penn-Trafford ...
continue reading...New data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration appears to show that three consecutive years of traffic death decreases may have come to a close as reckless and risky behavior overtook any potential gains in safety from having fewer cars on the nation’s roadways during the global coronavirus pandemic.
“As I’m sure you have noticed, our roads emptied out as people began staying at home, but we soon started hearing anecdotes about reckless driving with ...
continue reading...2020 May Break Trend in Traffic Death Decreases
Posted December 30, 2020 in Car Accidents | Product News and Recalls
New data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration appears to show that three consecutive years of traffic death decreases may have come to a close as reckless and risky behavior overtook any potential gains in safety from having fewer cars on the nation’s roadways during the global coronavirus pandemic.
“As I’m sure you have noticed, our roads emptied out as people began staying at home, but we soon started hearing anecdotes about reckless driving with officers clocking ...
continue reading...You might not think of your SUV or minivan as a light truck, but it – along with every pickup truck on the nation’s highways – is part of the largest American vehicle segment by far. In fact, more than two out of every three new vehicles sold in the United States is now categorized as a “light truck,” and cities across the country are taking ...
2019 marked the lowest number of road deaths in Pennsylvania since the commonwealth started collecting such data. It is also worth recalling that 2019 was pre-COVID, meaning that the record was set independent of the drop in travel on the nation’s roadways ushered in by the onset of the global novel coronavirus pandemic.
The year brought just 1,059 deaths on the state’s roadways. And, while a ...
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