Posts tagged driver

• Death and Injury On Interstate Highways Increase With Higher Speed Limits

  Wayne Parsons | August 29, 2009 2:31 AM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Most of us don't become angry because the driver ahead of us is driving the speed limit. Some do. They are dangerous people. That make high risk choices. They probably drink a lot. Let me indulge...

• Big Island Car Crash Injures 4 - Alcohol Implicated

  Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 1:08 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A radio announcer in Honolulu used to have a daily densa award for the most stupid person in the news. I don't think they do it anymore but if they did a Big Island 20 year old, Kahiliokeanuinu...

• Risky Drivers Don't Just Drive Drunk and Speed - They Often Don't have Insurance

  Wayne Parsons | September 03, 2009 4:09 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today I am looking at the drivers who cause the injury and death that plagues our interstate highways from Hawaii to North Carolina and everywhere between. Getting inside the head of the bad drivers...

• Drunk Drivers Caused 40% of Traffic Fatalities In Hawaii In 2006

  Wayne Parsons | August 31, 2009 12:16 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Alcohol Alert, a company that sells prevention devices to reduce drunk driving, and drunk driving injury and death report on Hawaii Drunk Driving Statistics: In Hawaii, the alcohol related deaths...

• Wrong-way Drivers Cause Three Percent (3%) of U.S. Traffic Fatalities

  Wayne Parsons | June 22, 2009 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wrong-way automobile accidents constitute about three perscent (3%) of automobile related deaths each year on U.S. roads. I am...

• Driver Distraction - Scientists Use Driving Simulator To Measure Risks of Driving Distracted

  Wayne Parsons | April 18, 2009 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Reaserchers using a driving simulator are able to modify road conditions and throw in turns to test the risk of driving while distracted in older adults. It looks like a video game but in fact it is...

• Pedestrian Critically Injured After Being Hit By Car On Farrington in Maili

  Wayne Parsons | January 13, 2009 8:37 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  KHNL News reporter Minna Sugimoto reports that a teen aged boy underwent surgery Monday after being hit by a car in Leeward Oahu. The incident happened on Farrington Highway near Kimo Street in...

• States Can Reduce Deaths in Car Crashes by Vision Screening Older Drivers

  Wayne Parsons | November 17, 2008 12:44 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2008) — A vision screening law targeting Florida drivers age 80 and older appears to be associated with lower death rates from motor vehicle...