At some point during the hustle and bustle of our daily routine, most of us find ourselves walking somewhere or another. Whether we’re headed to the corner market to pick up some groceries or whether we’re out walking the dog, all able-bodied people will be a pedestrian at some point in their day. Also this year, due to restrictions put in place to…
The Yellow Dot program has come to El Paso County, and American Medical Response and Drive Smart Colorado are hoping it will help save lives throughout the region. Intended to help alert emergency first responders of any chronic medical conditions affecting a driver involved in an accident, the safe driving program has been operating in 22 states and has been shown to be…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a whopping 59% of car seats in the United States are not used correctly. This is a serious issue, because as Colorado State Patrol Trooper Tim Sutherland points out, “Every 32 seconds, a child is involved in a car crash.” When these children aren’t properly secured in a car seat, their risk of being injured…
Earlier this month, the Colorado Department of Transportation launched a campaign aimed at educating teenage drivers who recently received their drivers license, on the specific laws that apply solely to them as new drivers. The laws, known as Colorado’s Graduated Drivers Licensing laws, aim to allow new drivers some time to get some experience behind the wheel, before they have the full driving…
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, fatal motorcycle accidents have seen a 12% increase in 2020, over the previous year’s numbers. In an effort to help fight this disturbing trend, CDOT has teamed up with Denver based oil change and automotive maintenance chain, Grease Monkey, on a new safety campaign that started this month. On all of the vehicles that come into…
According to a study released earlier this month, Denver is one of the 25 worst cities in the country to own and drive a vehicle in. The study, conducted by Wallethub, looked at the 100 most populated cities in the United States, and scored them based on 31 different metrics, including traffic and infrastructure, traffic safety and the overall cost of owning and…
In a webinar last Wednesday hosted by the Council of Neighbors and Organizations, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers discussed a few of the upcoming safety improvement projects planned by for the city. For the first time in 20 years, Colorado Springs city officials are working on a new Transportation Master Plan aimed at improving road safety and bringing down traffic fatality rates in…
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the 40-year-old woman involved in a fatal hit-and-run last month in Colorado Springs, has been arrested. The police identified Amanda Lee Rivera-Frank as the previously wanted driver believed to be connected to the July 20th hit-and-run collision, that took the life of 20-year-old Colorado Springs resident, Olivia Clark. According to the CSPD, the collision occurred at…
A new pedestrian safety campaign from the Colorado Department of Transportation, kicked off earlier this month with a memorial at Union Station honoring the memory of the 76 pedestrians involved in fatal accidents last year. A collaborative effort with the Denver Streets Partnership, the memorial featured 76 pairs of shoes representing the 76 pedestrian lives lost in 2019, all placed in two rows…
Earlier this month, a car crashed into the storefront of the Garden of the Budz, a medical marijuana dispensary on West Colorado Avenue, injuring two people. According to witnesses, around noon on August 11th, a red Prius was swerving in and out of traffic while speeding down West Colorado Avenue. The Prius apparently sideswiped another vehicle, crashed into a power box, then slammed…
