April is Distracted Driving Awareness month & Vermont law enforcement wants you to be a good example
Vermont law enforcement agencies went to Mount Mansfield Union High School to encourage experienced drivers to be safe on the road. Watch here…
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Vermont law enforcement agencies went to Mount Mansfield Union High School to encourage experienced drivers to be safe on the road. Watch here…
Police in Vermont, like law-enforcement officers throughout the United States, will focus on preventing distracted driving this week and reminding drivers about the dangers of texting while driving through the “U Drive, U Text, U Pay” campaign that will run through Monday. Read more…
Both WCAX and FOX44/ABC22 attended and broadcast coverage of a pre-Thanksgiving press conference held on Monday, November 22, 2021 at the Williston Southbound Information Center. See WCAX’s coverage here. See FOX44/ABC22’s coverage here.
Broadcast on Sunday, November 21st. Sunday morning anchor Erin Brown interviews Lt. Kevin Geno on the topic of increased number of traffic fatalities in both Vermont and the U.S. in 2020 and 2021. Watch the story here.
This year’s World Day of Remembrance takes on extra urgency as the number of people dying and severely injured in preventable traffic crashes in the U.S. is rising at an alarming rate. In 2020, 42,060 people died in motor vehicle crashes – an 8% increase over 2019, despite fewer people driving due to pandemic conditions. […]
During September of this year an Old Orchard Beach, Maine police officer was monitoring local traffic, when he noticed a passing car which didn’t have visible registration plates. The officer performed a traffic stop. The operator of the vehicle told the officer that he had just registered the car and didn’t have the proper license […]
2018 Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes Overview Oct 2019 NHTSA https://vermonthighwaysafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018-Fatal-Motor-Vehicle-Crashes-Overview-Oct-2019-NHTSA.pdf
Driver Electronic Use in 2018 – NHTSA January 2019https://vermonthighwaysafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Driver-Electronic-Device-Use-in-2018-Oct-2019-NHTSA.pdf