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Safe Driving Tips for Teens
Oklahoma traffic safety advocates are using National Teen Driving Safety Week, October 20-26, as an opportunity to raise safety awareness among teen drivers. Drivers who are 16-19 are three times more likely than older drivers to get in fatal car crashes, and a recent...
Safety Advocates Say Backup Camera Recommendation Not Enough
All new vehicles should be equipped with rear view video systems to enhance safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently recommended. The technology has existed for several years. Safety advocates say the rearview technology should be mandatory...
Drunk-Driving Deaths Rise in Oklahoma, Fall Elsewhere
Deaths from drunk driving jumped 10% in Oklahoma during 1994-2012, even as they fell 21% nationwide. “We’re bad,” Gary Thomas, director of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office admitted recently to Oklahoma Watch. “We couldn’t get much worse.” Oklahoma Watch writer Shaun...