Highway workers are starting a two-week project to clear trees and vegetation that can block visibility at three Interstate 20 interchanges in the Midlands. The South Carolina Department of Transportation said crews will begin the “Vegetation Control for Safety” program …
New York’s Suffolk County is installing steel cable barriers on two of its highway medians in an effort to prevent deadly crossover crashes. Newsday says the barriers are being erected on the Long Island Expressway and Sunrise Highway. The first …
Red-light crashes fell 25 percent at hundreds of Texas intersections after traffic cameras were installed, researchers said Monday in what was called the first statewide study of its kind. The Texas Transportation Institute suggested its findings again showed the effectiveness …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, following a recent rash of tour bus crashes, on Monday said he will suspend the operating licenses of eight charter and tour bus companies and their 100 buses after repeated failures in safety inspections. “The frequent and …
If entering a roundabout makes you fear you’re about to crash, you’re not paranoid. Although the rotaries are built to ease congestion and lessen serious injuries, data obtained by the Times Union show the number of collisions increased after most …
A string of construction zone crashes is prompting the Ohio Department of Transportation to lower the speed limit on a section of Interstate 77 south of Cleveland. Agency spokeswoman Jaclyn Schafer says the area has seen four serious accidents since …
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said he will introduce a bill to stop car rental agencies from renting automobiles that are under recalls for problems that aren’t yet fixed. The industry this month proposed a two-tiered system in …
An Andover lawyer, a North Andover chiropractor and one of his employees have been convicted of participating in a scheme to defraud auto insurers out of $130,000. A jury on Monday convicted attorney James Hyde and Dr. Michael Kaplan of …
U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that the Ford Motor Co. crossover SUV Freestyle lunges forward or backward unexpectedly, according to a posting on the regulator’s website. The “lunge” has resulted in 18 minor crashes and one minor injury when …