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NHTSA partnering with southern states on traffic safety effort - Roads & Bridges (press release) (blog)

Roads & Bridges (press release) (blog)

NHTSA partnering with southern states on traffic safety effort
Roads & Bridges (press release) (blog)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has partnered with the states of Georgia, South Carolina and other southern states for the second annual Operation Southern Shield. Georgia's Governor's Office of Highway Safety says starting ...

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Both engines failed in Far South Side medical helicopter crash, NTSB says - WLS-TV

WLS-TV

Both engines failed in Far South Side medical helicopter crash, NTSB says
WLS-TV
Federal investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said a medical helicopter that crashed on Chicago's Far South Side earlier this month had failures in both of its engines. The chopper was taking a patient from northwest Indiana to ...
Engine failure may be cause of helicopter crash near I-57, NTSB saysWGN-TV
NTSB eyes engine failure in Chicago medical helicopter crashThe Republic

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National Transportation Safety Board Taking Over Investigation of Mackinac Co. Plane Crash - 9&10 News

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National Transportation Safety Board Taking Over Investigation of Mackinac Co. Plane Crash
9&10 News
The investigation has since been turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board. The feds say the location is so remote they have not started their full investigation yet, and are waiting until wreckage is removed from the woods. “The location ...

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Helicopter crash leaves one man dead - Edmonton Sun

Edmonton Sun

Helicopter crash leaves one man dead
Edmonton Sun
Pierre Manoni from the media relations unit with Transport Canada, said Monday, “The Transportation Safety Board has been notified of the accident as it is the federal agency that is responsible for investigating aviation accidents for cause and ...

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National transportation leaders brainstorming ways to stop the rise in drugged driving - Q13 FOX

Q13 FOX

National transportation leaders brainstorming ways to stop the rise in drugged driving
Q13 FOX
“The thing that's the scariest is that people who are impaired with THC in their blood think they drive better,” said Heiki King, deputy administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It's a myth many believe, especially ...

Cortez Masto Applauds DOT Grants to Fund Transportation Safety Programs for Nevada Tribal - KRNV My News 4

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Cortez Masto Applauds DOT Grants to Fund Transportation Safety Programs for Nevada Tribal
KRNV My News 4
“I applaud the Department of Transportation for recognizing the importance of supporting transportation safety programs in our tribal communities. These grants will help reduce deaths and serious injuries in transportation-related crashes on tribal ...

Senators Want to Sneak Safety Exemptions for Self-Driving Cars Into Law - Streetsblog California (blog)

Streetsblog California (blog)

Senators Want to Sneak Safety Exemptions for Self-Driving Cars Into Law
Streetsblog California (blog)
The rush to pass AV START before safety standards are enacted is proceeding despite the killing of Elaine Herzberg by a self-driving Uber car in Tempe, Arizona, this spring. A National Transportation Safety Board report revealed that Uber had ...

Destination report: Sinking likely result of freezing spray, fatigue - National Fisherman

National Fisherman

Destination report: Sinking likely result of freezing spray, fatigue
National Fisherman
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that heavy freezing spray conditions and poor stability to withstand icing were the probable causes of the capsizing and fatal sinking of the 98-foot crabber Destination in the Bering Sea in February ...

NJ Transit Says It Will Miss Deadline for Safer Train Technology - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

NJ Transit Says It Will Miss Deadline for Safer Train Technology
Bloomberg
The National Transportation Safety Board has named positive train control, designed to brake engines in danger of derailing or colliding, among the most-needed safety enhancements. Such systems, used widely in Europe and Japan, were mandated by ...

The Latest: 2 dead, 1 critical in small Tahoe plane crash - Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Latest: 2 dead, 1 critical in small Tahoe plane crash
Minneapolis Star Tribune
... Protection District confirmed one fatality. He says two passengers who suffered critical injuries were flown by a medical helicopter to a Reno hospital. Gregor says the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of ...

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