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quincunx wrote: ↑

Jun 23, 2023

Here's the companion story. Great that MoLeg gave this industry a big gift via the I-70 rebuild and widening subsidy. That could cover a lot of  safety gaurds.

ProPublica - New Investigation by ProPublica and FRONTLINE Reveals How Regulators and Lobbyists Blocked Measures to Prevent Deadly Crashes


https://www.propublica.org/article/amer ... -frontline

ProPublica - DOT Researchers Suggested a Way to Make Big Trucks Safer. After Meeting With Lobbyists, Agency Officials Rejected the Idea.


https://www.propublica.org/article/dot- ... bbyists-sa

One hundred twenty-nine pedestrians were killed by drivers in Missouri in 2022 — a 7.5 percent increase from the year before and one of the 10 biggest percent increases in the U.S.

quincunx wrote: ↑

Jun 27, 2023

Policy idea - the state funds a ped/cyclist safety grant program at $1M for each death.

RFT - Pedestrian Deaths Increased 7.5 Percent in Missouri in 2022

One hundred twenty-nine pedestrians were killed by drivers in Missouri in 2022 — a 7.5 percent increase from the year before and one of the 10 biggest percent increases in the U.S.

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/pe ... 2-40341846

They enjoy a nice buffer in retirement from all the population growth hitting Lincoln and St. Charles counties.

“Of course, it’s much busier than when I was a kid,” said Vehige, 69.

Soon, emergency responders did their work and traffic in both directions was rerouted for four hours.

“He took a young kid’s life. No fault of his own. It was just an accident.”

nine people were killed within the same half-mile stretch of the highway ... since 2017

“I feel like you never get over that loss,” said Gratton’s mother, Virginia Hepperman, 45. “She was such an intricate part of our family.”

“Everybody loves the life out here,”

In 1987, a bypass was built to accommodate regional population growth. It killed much of downtown but provided a much bigger bridge over the Cuivre River and a higher speed limit.

“We lack the resources to be able to enforce these speed limits,

In the past 18 months, he said, they’ve written citations against two drivers going 107 and 103 mph in the 60 mph zone of the highway; 36 citations for driving in the 90s; and 63 in the 80s.

Every random person around Old Monroe seems to know somebody who has died on the highway.

None of them were wearing seat belts but officials said it likely wouldn’t have mattered.

Apart from the devastating toll on family and friends, some emergency responders are dealing with post-traumatic stress from the April 29 crash that killed three teenage girls and a young woman.

Blevins, the fire chief, said he’s asked the Missouri Department of Transportation for lane improvements on Highway 79.

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve saved myself from a head-on collision,” she said. “They are passing on a double line.”

An inquest will be held tomorrow in the deaths of five teenagers killed early yesterday when a convertible coupe in which they were riding crashed into the rear of a loaded cattle truck on United States Highway 66 in St. Louis county.

kipfilet wrote: ↑

Jul 21, 2023

How can you even project the car like that in the first place?

quincunx wrote: ↑

Aug 10, 2023

SMH

RFT - Driver Mows Down Man in Downtown St. Louis in Road Rage Incident [VIDEO]



https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/dr ... o-40638375