The General Assembly could pass legislation this week to dismantle the state Department of Motor Vehicle Safety, though it’s not clear why. See article. “Representatives of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Highway Administration indicated that, historically, there is a transition period after this type of change of 1 to 4 years…
Continue reading ›More than 1,500 people a year die in crashes in Georgia, and more than 135,000 are injured. The concern is greatest perhaps in metro Atlanta counties, which exceed the national average crash rate of 5 percent per year among all registered vehicles. In fact, the crash rate is almost 10 percent in Fulton County, the…
Continue reading ›These 2000 statistics are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. 1,541 people died in motor vehicle crashes. 63 percent of these deaths did not involve alcohol-related fatal crashes. 93 percent of these deaths did not involve drivers ages 16 or 17. The fatality rate was highest for the contributing factor…
Continue reading ›It has happened again on Georgia 400. Sunday evening, 3/6/05, a head-on, three vehicle crash on the Georgia 400 expressway in north Fulton County killed two people were killed and injured four. The 8 p.m. accident shut down both sides of the highway between Haynes Bridge Road and Old Milton Parkway for several hours. See…
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