Automobile Accidents

• NY Times Article Focuses Spotlight on Trucking Safety

  David Lowe | December 03, 2006 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The New York Times today has published an informative account revealing trucking industry influence on the Bush administration's relaxation of regulations designed to protect the public from accidents caused by truck driver fatigue.The Times story identifies trucking industry figures who were appointed to key positions of power within the Bush Administration, and the huge campaign contributions...

• It's The Snow, Stupid!

  David Lowe | December 01, 2006 7:08 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  It happens every year. The first snow blizzard arrives and people have forgotten that they cannot drive the same way they do in June. Serious car accidents are the inevitable result.I am sitting here amidst today's blizzard expected to heap over 12 inches of snow in Southeastern Wisconsin, reading news stories about cars in ditches, and even a City of Milwaukee snowplow overturned! How is it...

• Cell Phone Drivers Are As Dangerous As Drunk Drivers

  David Lowe | July 06, 2006 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Research shows that driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk. If legislators really want to do something effective to reduce the carnage on our roadways, they should outlaw the use of cell phones while driving.Research recently published by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society demonstrates that cell phone drivers are as unsafe behind the wheel as...

• Truckers Hours of Service Rule Threatens Highway Safety

  David Lowe | February 28, 2006 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  "That (DOT) chose in both rules to expand driving hours is astounding given its statutory mandate to make safety its highest priority and Congress's specific directive to the agency to reduce fatigue-related incidents," said Joan Claybrook, president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.Truck driver fatigue has wreaked havoc here in Wisconsin recently. In October, 2005, a truck driver...

• Who Needs Tort Reform? WI Rates Among Lowest.

  David Lowe | February 12, 2006 7:25 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  The Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, the mouthpiece for the insurance industry in Wisconsin, has announced that liability insurance rates in Wisconsin are among the lowest in the nation. In a press release issued February 7, 2006, the WIA boasted that Wisconsin ranks 49th out of the 50 states for the combined cost of home and auto liability insurance, citing a study issued by the National...

• Car Accident Kills Milwaukee Couple

  David Lowe | February 09, 2006 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  A two-car crash in Ozaukee county claimed the lives of a Milwaukee couple yesterday when the car they were riding in was hit head-on by another car that crossed the median of I-43. The names of the victims were not immediately available. According to wfrv.com:The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department said the crash happened in a southbound lane of I-43 south of state Highway 60 about 4:30 p.m.,...