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CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
September 16, 1998
Computer Program Helps Identify Trucking Companies to Target for Roadside
Inspection
September 9, 1998
The National Safe Kids Campaign Bicycle Injury Fact Sheet
August 26, 1998
Occupant Protection - Traffic Safety Facts 1996
August 26, 1998
Public Rest Areas Do Not Provide Enough Spaces for Commercial Vehicles
August 26, 1998
9 Safety Tips to Help Protect You and Your Family
July 17, 1998
Speeding Traffic Safety Facts 1996
July 17, 1998
Texas "Vital Signs" Campaign Deemed Successful in Educating Drivers on Traffic
Control Devices
July 17, 1998
Canadian and U.S. Truckers May Not Be Getting Enough Sleep
June 25, 1998
Rural Areas - Traffic Safety Facts 1996
June 25, 1998
Missouri Court Requires Older Driver to Take Driving Skills Test
June 25, 1998
Fences of Light May Help Deer and Motorists
May 20, 1998
California's Motorcyclist Training May Decrease Crash and Fatality Rates
May 20, 1998
Motorcycles - Traffic Safety Facts 1996
April 15, 1998
Older Population - Traffic Safety Facts 1996
April 9, 1998
Use of Adapted Vehicles by People with Disabilities Is Increasing
April 9, 1998
Computer-Based Techniques Help Screen Older Drivers for Age-Related Declines in Driving Ability
March 6, 1998
IIHS: Fatality Facts: Roadside Hazards
March 6, 1998
Analysis of Ejection in Fatal Crashes
March 6, 1998
Overview Traffic Safety Facts 1996
February 24, 1998
Are Vehicle Restraints for Children Being Installed and Used Appropriately? Canadian
Study Shows They Often Are Not
February 2, 1998
Tree-Second Head Start Gives Pedestrians Advantage at Intersections (IIHS)
February 2, 1998
Press Release: Volvo Attacks a Painful, Expensive Problem: Whiplash
February 2, 1998
Children - Traffic Safety Facts 1996
December 17, 1997
What Would Happen to Crash Injury Rates If Vehicles Were 100 Pounds Lighter?
December 17, 1997
A New Substitute for Studded Tires?
December 17, 1997
NHTSA Warns About Risk of Fire While Filling Portable Gas Containers: DOT Press Release, January 6, 1997
November 19, 1997
Remarks by Secretary Slater at Press Conference Announcing Air Bag On-Off Switches (Washington, DC -- November 18, 1997)
November 19, 1997
DOT Announces New Policy for Air Bag on On-Off Switches (11/18/97)
October 15, 1997
Traffic Circles and Rotaries Slow Speeders and Expedite Traffic
October 15, 1997
Should Commercial Vehicle Traffic Lanes Be Restricted?
September 17, 1997
Those Informative Little Milepost Markers
September 3, 1997
Study Shows That Motorists Drive at Reasonable Speeds
August 14, 1997
North Carolina's Graduated Licensing Law Considered a Good Model
July 25, 1997
Hawaiian Study Shows Child-Restraint Use Below National Average from 1986-1991
June 24, 1997
Most Injuries from Vehicle Power Windows Are to Children
June 24, 1997
Graduated Licensing
June 4, 1997
Q&A: Helmet Use Laws
May 28, 1997
Motorcycles Fatality Facts
May 28, 1997
Q&A: Large Trucks
May 5, 1997
Pedestrian Fatalities on Interstate Highways: Characteristics and
Countermeasures
May 5, 1997
Spring and Fall High-Risk Seasons for Vehicle-Wildlife Collisions
April 30, 1997
Norway Finds Speed Cameras Help Reduce Injury Crashes (from March 22, 1997 Status Report of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
April 30, 1997
Cell Phone Use May Raise Collision Risk (from March 22, 1997 Status Report of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
April 27, 1997
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Requests Air-Bag Survivor Stories
April 27, 1997
Young Children Most At-Risk in Off-Road Backing Fatalities
April 17, 1997
April 1997 Consumer Reports Rates New and Used Vehicles
April 17, 1997
Consumer Reports April Issue Helps Buyers Find a Safer Vehicle
March 24, 1997
Motorists Killed in Railroad Crossing Crashes: What Characteristics Do They Share?
March 17, 1997
Photo Radar Slows Speeders: Ontario Publishes Results of Four-Month Preliminary Study
March 10, 1997
Red-Light Violators: What Characteristics Do They Share?
March 1, 1997
Looking Back--FHWA Administrator Wrote about Human Factors and Engineering Safety Considerations
Feb. 1, 1997
NHTSA Issues Final Rule;
Proposes Two Changes to Reduce Air Bag Dangers:
DOT Press Release, December 30, 1996
Feb. 1, 1997
Lime-Yellow Fire Trucks Safer Than Red:
A Conclusion from Four Years of Data
Feb. 1, 1997
Coping with Driver Fatigue
Feb. 1, 1997
Maryland Man Amazed, Angered by Piles
of Beer Cans Littering Roadside
Feb. 1, 1997
Insurance Institute Publishes Vehicle Death Rate Comparisons for 1990-94
Feb. 1, 1997
Improving Highways for Older Drive Use
Feb. 1, 1997
Courts Getting Tough on Drinking Drivers
(from Road Injury Litigation Journal)
Feb. 1, 1997
Insurance Institute Video Describes Steps to Airbag Safety
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