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As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior
An annual study released this week by the Washington, D.C.-based AAA Foundation found that an overwhelming majority of young-adult drivers engage in risky behavior behind the wheel, including texting, running red lights and speeding, making them the worst-behaved drivers on the road. Their older cohorts however, don’t do much better, the study found, with the…
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CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’
Traffic deaths are on the rise in Colorado over the past two years – reversing what had been a decade-long trend of falling fatalities – and the state’s transportation chief says it’s because more drivers are paying less attention to the road. “What the data tells me is we have an epidemic of distracted driving,”…