Michigan police and the state Department of Transportation are working to stop wrong-way drivers. The Transportation Department has been installing better signs, new lane guides and modifying exit ramps, the Detroit Free Press reported. Officials are concentrating efforts in Wayne, …
The mother of a Chicago Ridge, Ill., police officer killed in a 2015 crash with an intoxicated, wrong-way driver is pushing for legislation that would increase penalties for people convicted in such crashes. Lisa Smith is supporting a bill in …
Safety officials say traffic deaths increased 24 percent in Delaware this year over last year’s fatalities. The Office of Highway Safety said Thursday that through Tuesday, 125 people were killed on state roads. Officials say nearly half of those fatalities …
The Vermont Governor’s Highway Safety Program says law enforcement around the state will be patrolling for impaired drivers through the Labor Day weekend. The efforts are part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Officials say several …
Changes in marijuana laws in Washington have affected operations at state crime labs, which still must process the drug for cases involving juveniles and impaired drivers. The supervisor of the State Patrol crime lab in Kennewick, Jason Stenzel, told KEPR …
The number of children killed by drunken motorists has declined substantially in recent years but the biggest threat remains their own drivers, not strangers in other vehicles, a study found. The data show most impaired drivers survived these crashes, suggesting …
For impaired drivers, alcohol is increasingly not the substance of choice that leads to trouble on Louisiana roads, a Lafayette judge said. City Court Judge Douglas Saloom told the DWI-Vehicular Homicide Task Force that state law needs to catch up …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is once again stepping up safety measures for Halloween. Colonel Tracy Trott says in a news release that troopers will be conducting increased patrols and using other enforcement techniques to look for aggressive or impaired drivers …
The Rhode Island State Police are stepping up patrols through the end of the year to crack down on drivers who are under the influence of alcohol. Police Superintendent Col. Steven O’Donnell says authorities will take part in two traffic …