traffic fatalities

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper signs ‘Move Over for Cody Act’ to honor fallen state troopers

Jun 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday signed the “Move Over for Cody Act” legislation to raise penalties against drivers who don’t exercise caution when approaching and passing roadside emergency vehicles. The bill is named for State Trooper Cody J. Donahue, who was struck and killed in November by the driver of a semi on Interstate 25…
As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior

Feb 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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…
CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’

Feb 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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,”…
Egan: The high price of inaction on our transportation infrastructure

Jan 25, 2017

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Jared Wright

Five hundred and ninety-nine – that is the number of people who died on Colorado’s roadways in 2016. That same year, highway fatalities and their increasing numbers prompted a public service campaign by the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol to make the public better aware – through roadway signs, social media and other advertising…

traffic fatalities

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper signs ‘Move Over for Cody Act’ to honor fallen state troopers

As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior

CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’

Egan: The high price of inaction on our transportation infrastructure