Transportation

Fewer Coloradans Expected To Travel This Memorial Day Weekend

Emily Boyer — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:37:53 +0000

Ready for a long Memorial Day weekend? If you’re heading out, you may want to look at the numbers. AAA Colorado predicts that 600,000 Coloradans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the weekend.

When Alcohol Takes The Wheel: What's Your Limit?

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:00 +0000

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended lowering the legal limit of blood alcohol content for drivers to .05 or even lower. Currently, it's illegal to drive in all states with a BAC of .08 or higher. Host Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Anthony Liguori of Wake Forest School of Medicine about alcohol's impact on driving ability.

Injuries Reported In 'Major' Train Derailment In Connecticut

Scott Neuman — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:43:00 +0000

Two Metro-North Railroad trains have collided on a stretch of track near Fairfield, Conn., causing a "major derailment" and "preliminary reports of injuries," according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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Feds Push For Lower Alcohol Limits For Drivers

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:38:00 +0000
To curb drunken driving, the federal National Transportation Safety Board has voted to recommend that states tighten the legal limit for drivers' blood alcohol.
The threshold now for drunken driving is a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08. (The BAC equals alcohol divided by the volume of blood it's in.)
The NTSB would push for it to be lowered to 0.05, in line with the limits in countries such as Denmark, the Philippines and Switzerland.
How many drinks would it take to run afoul of the new limit?

Teens Who Text And Drive Often Take Other Risks

Nancy Shute — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:39:00 +0000
Almost half of teenagers cop to texting while driving.