A new post on Axios continues the analysis of Philadelphia traffic deaths from year to year and finds that while the number of fatalities is down from its all-time high, it is still at unacceptably high levels.
Down from 2020’s all-time high of 152, the number of traffic-related deaths on Philadelphia streets dropped to 121 in 2021. This makes the city’s roadways the second most dangerous in the nation, trailing only Los Angeles – a city with over ...
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In a world where screens and other aspects of digital life seem to take hold of children earlier and earlier, Halloween is one of those traditions that takes us back to a simpler time. It’s a night where kids can just be kids – roaming the neighborhood from door to door hoping to find the house that hands out full-size candy bars rather than a one-bite teaser. Costumes let them become their favorite heroes ...
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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Adaptive cruise control. Lane assist. And, in some cases, complete autopilot. As our nation’s roadways become increasingly crowded, the vehicles on them are getting increasingly smarter. Skills and habits that were once fundamental to the safe operation of a vehicle – things like checking blind spots before changing lanes and maintaining safe following distances – are becoming more and more rare as our vehicles take on these responsibilities themselves.
When ...
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The weather outside might be frightful and the fire in the fireplace might indeed be delightful, but holidays mean that Americans have plenty of places to go. And while many might be under the impression that the approach of the winter holidays means a spike in automobile fatalities is looming right around the corner, CBS News reports of an analysis conducted on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that ...
