Far Too Many Harmful Errors and Omissions in US Road Safety Advice… even from the Government!

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When Road Safety USA was established as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in 2019, one of our key goals from the outset was to work to reduce the astonishing number of failures in the official advice that is given to drivers and other road users in the USA.

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020

MEMORIAL PAGE – McKinsey Pleasants, January 19, 2016 – Distracted Driving

Leigh Mingus writes: I lost my only child/best friend 4 years ago as a passenger in a car with a texting driver.

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January 31, 2020

Memorial Page – Trooper Nicholas Dees, Oklahoma Highway Patrol (2015)

Oklahoma Highway Patrol is asking that on this day we remember Trooper Nicholas Dees, aged 30, who died on January 31, 2015. He had joined the OHP less than two years earlier, in 2013.

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October 24, 2019November 25, 2019

A Good Enforcement Technique from Singapore

Singapore might not be a country that springs readily to mind when thinking about an effective fight against distracted driving but they have an excellent way to combat cell phone use by drivers.

Singapore Police Force patrol car. (Wikimedia Commons)

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October 21, 2019October 21, 2019

Memorial Page – Brittany Milton (23)

Brittany Milton

March 3, 1994 — April 7, 2017

My daughter Brittany Milton died on April 7, 2017.

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September 26, 2019October 10, 2019

Memorial Page – Paul J. Miller, Jr. (21)

Paul J. Miller

August 3, 1988 — July 5, 2010

Road crash victim Paul J. Miller, Jr., killed on July 5, 2010.

At 3pm on Independence Day, 2010, Paul Miller hugged and kissed his mom Eileen farewell for what neither could possibly know would be the last time.

Paul was heading out to a party and ended up spending the night with friends, then headed for home the next morning, via PA State Route 33.

Paul’s thing in life was baseball and his passion was for the Yankees.

Eileen says that she always knew he was going to play for Lackawana College when he got there, but he knew by then that he was never going to play for the Yankees because he said “I’ve really got to buckle down and I’m just going to stick to my academics right now…” Eileen knew when he said this that he had become a man.

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