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17 Sep

How Do You Make Sure Child Passengers Stay Safe?

This week, September 16 - 22, is Child Passenger Safety Week. It is a perfect time to make sure that your children are riding in the correct car seat. Unfortunately, car accidents are the number one cause of deaths fo...

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10 Sep

School Bus Crash in North Austin as Academic Year Gets Underway

Pictures of kindergarteners getting on the bus for the first time are frequent Facebook posts at this time of the year. As kids go off to school, some parents worry whether personally driving their children to school is ...

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4 Sep

Rollover Accident Takes Austin Woman’s Life

Tall and narrow vehicles that sit higher off the ground such as sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and vans may be more prone to rollover accidents. In this type of accident, if vehicle occupants are not wearing th...

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27 Aug

Round Rock Truck Accident Results in Injury

Monday morning commuters were greeted this week with a traffic mess; however, it could have been much worse. Early in the morning, a wreck near Austin involving two 18-wheelers knocked out power to traffic lights. Accor...

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22 Aug

Dedicated Bike Lanes Make Getting to School Safer

A South Austin neighborhood will benefit from a new bikeway this school year. One of the main changes is that the bikeway is separated from the roadway by posts (also known as bollards). With school about to start fo...

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31 Jul

Hit-and-Run Accident Prompts Austin Family to Seek Stricter Law

In a hit-and-run case, the person who leaves the scene of the accident can be charged criminally and also held liable in civil court. Criminal charges in a hit-and-run accident are a felony and may result in prison tim...

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23 Jul

Road Rage Leads to Many Texas Car Crashes

Aggressive drivers are a problem in most major cities. This is not an exception in Austin. An aggressive tailgater or a pick-up truck that tries to pass a slower driver in the shoulder of a highway can easily cause a Te...

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2 Jul

Texas Campaign Seeks to Reduce Drunk Driving Accidents

Faces of Drunk Driving, is a new campaign sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation in coordination with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. The campaign shows t...

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18 Jun

High Speed Crashes Are More Severe

Recently, we discussed that the Texas Department of Transportation approved an increase in the speed limit to 80 mph on some local freeways. The TxDOT is now discussing whether to increase the speed limit to 85 mph on a...

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11 Jun

Increase in the Number of Austin Traffic Fatalities This Year

So far, in 2012, 36 people have died in traffic crashes on Austin roads. The number is higher than at this time last year. According to police records, the average number of yearly traffic fatalities in Austin over the p...

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6 Jun

Protected “Green Lanes” Safer for Austin Cyclists

Commuters in Austin are starting to have more options when it comes to how they get to work. More people are avoiding daily traffic congestion and cycling to work instead. Riders generally must take a defensive approach...

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30 May

New Safety Measures to Prevent Truck Rollover Accidents

Safety systems already standard in passenger cars will be required on large trucks and buses under a proposed federal regulation. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants manufacturers to install electron...

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15 May

Not a Party Car: Accidents More Likely When Teens Have Passengers

For young people the greatest risk of injury or death comes from automobile accidents. A recent study conducted by AAA's safety foundation found that chances of a fatal car accident for teen drivers dramatically increa...

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8 May

Safety Education Needed to Prevent Austin Motorcycle Accidents

May is motorcycle safety and awareness month in Texas and across the United States. For those who ride, an Austin motorcycle accident can have serious long term consequences. The Texas Department of Safety reports that...

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2 May

Austin Motor Vehicle Accidents May Lead to Traumatic Brain Injury

New research is seeking to develop better diagnostic procedures to detect mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Army is underwriting the research program, but any diagnostic and treatment advances from the program will ...

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