Which States Have the Highest Number of DUI Arrests?
US Drug Test Centers, an established national drug testing company, released a report looking at the rates of drunken driving in the United States, in which they ranked each state for how big a problem DUI behaviors are, and Colorado did not fare well. The report focused on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from the United [...]
Three States Receive NHTSA Grants for Important Vehicle Recall Alerts
Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that California, Ohio and Texas were going to be receiving grant money totaling 1.3 million dollars, in order to alert motor vehicle owners about open recalls going on for their vehicles. The grant money will be used by the appropriate governmental departments and agencies in each state, to contact consumers with [...]
Legal Pot States Find Detecting Impaired Drivers Difficult
As of the end of 2020, there are thirty-six states in the United States where marijuana is legal for medicinal purposes, and 15 for recreational usage, with South Dakota, New Jersey and Montana being the newest additions. […]
Which States Have the Best and Worst Drivers?
Insurance rate comparison website, QuoteWizard, released its fifth annual ranking of the best and worst drivers state by state at the end of last year, and while it wasn’t the worst of all 50 states, Colorado did not get great rankings, coming in as the number three state with the worst drivers in the country. […]
Colorado Saw a Large Increase in Pedestrian Fatalities Between 2009 and 2018
A research analysis was released this month from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and AAA Colorado, looking at the data on all motor vehicle collisions that occurred in the United States between the years 2009 to 2018, and the results were troubling. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pedestrian traffic fatalities across the country were [...]
2020 was the Deadliest Year for Colorado Springs Traffic Accidents on Record
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, 2020 was the worst year on record for traffic accident fatalities, with 51 deaths occurring last year alone. The previous record was held by 2018 which had 48 fatalities. The 51st and last fatal accident of 2020 occurred on December 9th, when 67-year-old Colorado Springs resident William James was struck by a pickup [...]