STUDY: Majority of highway fatalities caused by deficient road conditions
Filed under: Maintenance , Government/Legal , Safety What would you think to be the leading contributor to fatalities in car crashes here in the States? Failure to use seat belts? Speeding? Drunk driving? Think again. According to a new study commissioned by Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), the leading cause of highway fatalities is deficient road conditions. In fact, the study asserts, with a roadway-related crash occurring every minute on American streets, inadequate roadway infrastructure…
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Topics: carcrashes, car accident, car accidents, road construction