Posts tagged highway

• Be on the Lookout for Road Rage

  Bret Hanna | July 22, 2009 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Wonder Bread truck driver was arrested Monday by the Utah Highway Patrol after a road rage incident on Interstate 15 in Weber County. A Roy family traveling in a Mazada 6 were approached from...

• Utah Highway Patrol Releases Dash Cam Video Of Fatal Accident Involving One Of Its Own

  Bret Hanna | April 27, 2010 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I did a post last month about several accidents that led to a final fatal accident miles away. Terrible weather on March 10th along the I-15 corridor north of St. George was cited as a contributing...

• Utah CDL Testers Must Be Reigned In

  Bret Hanna | May 25, 2010 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Office of the Utah Legislative Auditor General submitted a report to the Utah Legislature on May 18th entitled A Performance Audit of the Driver License Division. The report was specifically...

• Power Windows Remain a Danger

  Bret Hanna | September 20, 2011 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Power windows in cars remain a silent, mostly unknown potential killer of children. The biggest problem is the type of switches used by U.S. auto manufacturers, as opposed to those commonly used by...

• The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Turns 50 - Watch this Video

  Bret Hanna | August 05, 2011 6:31 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Institute describes itself this way on its website: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an...

• Do Texting While Driving Bans Work?

  Bret Hanna | October 07, 2010 11:23 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Texting while driving and other forms of distracted driving have increased exponentially with the explosion of new forms of inexpensive technology that keep us all connected 24/7. Unfortunately, if...

• Dramatic Drop In Motorcycle Accident Deaths

  Bret Hanna | April 23, 2010 9:28 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to a report recently released by the Governors Highway Safety Association, the number of people who died in motorcycle accidents dropped dramatically in 2009. The number of such deaths...

• Utah Highway Patrol Issues Plea for Trooper Safety to Motorists

  Bret Hanna | January 13, 2010 10:12 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the last two months, sixteen UHP troopers have been struck by vehicles while on the job and eight cruisers have been totaled. In response, several of the injured troopers held a press conference...

• Speed Kills Another Utahn

  Bret Hanna | September 21, 2009 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53-year-old Winnemucca man driving at a high rate of speed on Interstate 80 in Nevada lost control of his BMW and hit a van yesterday afternoon. The impact caused the van to roll several times...

• High School Student Wins Award for Motorcycle Safety Video

  Bret Hanna | August 28, 2009 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Joe Sloan, a 16-year-old Judge Memorial High School junior, won the top prize of $1,000 for the video he entered into the Utah Highway Safety Office's Drive Aware. Ride Aware. competition. The one...