Wednesday, January 4, 2012
AAA issues its “Best and Worst” list.
In its “Best and Worst” in transportation list for 2011, AAA Mid-Atlantic praised a 10-percent drop in traffic fatalities in Maryland. AAA noted that nationwide traffic fatalities are at their lowest level since 1949, according to data released earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That includes a 10-percent decline in Maryland, from 549 deaths to 493 in 2010, the latest year for such figures. The key factors in the improvement, according to AAA, include a reduction in deaths in crashes involving drunk drivers and a decline in fatalities of drivers of passenger cars and light trucks, including SUVs, minivans and pickups. The record-breaking decline …
Monday, December 5, 2011
A taxi driver caused an accident on Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, when he ran a red light, damaging four cars (including two that had to be towed away) and sending one person to the hospital. The cab itself ended up on the steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion.
The driver of the Barwood taxi that crashed into the front steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, is at fault for causing the accident, according to a police report issued late last week. The taxi was traveling eastbound on Western Avenue when it ran a red light through the intersection of Western and Wisconsin avenues. As it crossed the intersection, it hit a car traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue. The southbound-traveling car—which was legally passing through the intersection on a green light—then, in turn, hit two additional vehicles, which were traveling north on Wisconsin Avenue through the intersection, according to the police report issued by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC. …
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Around 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 29, a Barwood taxi crashed into the front steps of the Chevy Chase Pavilion, according to dcist.com.
Update (Saturday, Dec. 3, 1:30 p.m.): The Barwood taxi caused the accident on Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, according to the police report issued by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, later in the week. The taxi was traveling eastbound on Western Avenue when it ran a red light through the intersection of Western and Wisconsin avenues. As it crossed the intersection, it hit a car traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue. The southbound-traveling car, which was legally passing through the intersection on a green light, then, in turn, hit two additional vehicles, which were traveling north on Wisconsin Avenue through the intersection, according to the police report. That southbound-traveling car ended up coming to a stop in an …
Laura L Thornton
5:47 pm on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
P.S. I should be able to get a police report sometime later this week. DC police have a different system than MoCo police - you have to wait a few days and then go to the police station in person to request the report. I'll post more info as soon as I get it. more ›