Friday, March 12th, 2010

At around 2:30am this morning, a car heading westbound on the San Bernardino 10 Freeway crashed into a Cal Trans water tanker.  This tanker was placed in a work zone.  The driver of the vehicle was killed instantly and remains unidentified.
Dangerous construction sites on our freeways result in thousands of deaths every year.  Those who [...]

According to a study by the Institute for Research & Evaluation commissioned by The Transportation Construction Coalition and released May 2009, roadway condition is a contributing factor in more than half—52.7—of the nearly 42,000 American deaths resulting from motor vehicle crashes each year and 38 percent of the non-fatal injuries. In terms of crash outcome [...]