Seven people were killed last week in New York City when an SUV lost control on the highway and plunged more than 50 feet to the grounds of the Bronx Zoo. According to police, a Honda Pilot, driven by Maria Gonzalez, bumped a median, crossed all southbound lanes, hit a 2 foot high concrete curb …
New Jersey Increases Penalties for Road Rage
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a new law into effect last week that allows for increased criminal penalties for bodily harm caused by road rage incidents. Under the “Jessica Rogers Law,” drivers convicted of road-rage related crimes in New Jersey will face up to five years in prison and $15,000 in fines. The legislation …
Flying Road Sign Kills Turnpike Driver
A Montgomery County woman died earlier this week from injuries she sustained while travelling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Emily Morris, a journalist from Norristown, was killed after her vehicle was struck by a flying road sign in East Cocalico Township. Ms. Morris was travelling westbound on the Turnpike on Saturday afternoon when she was struck …
School Buses Unsafe Without Seat Belts
Is it really safe to not provide seat belts for people, especially children, riding on school buses? There have been numerous lawsuits across the country over the past 20 years that have successfully showed that it is unsafe to not have seat belts on school buses. Yet, the vast majority of school buses nationwide still …
Fatalities Decrease on Pennsylvania Roads
According to a PennDot report released earlier this month, the number of people killed in car accidents on Pennsylvania’s roads has decreased. PennDot reports that 1,291 people were killed in crashes on Pennsylvania’s roads in 2011, the second-lowest recorded number and 33 fewer than in 2010. Other categories showing improvement from 2010 to 2011 include …