TRANSPORTATION SAFETY NEWS
AND AUTO CRASH REPORTING SYSTEM

The Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization is happy to offer news and information to encourage transportation safety. We hope you find this information and these safety tips useful.

The Governors Highway Safety Association recently posted laws for each state regarding safety laws, specifically traffic safety laws. The traffic safety laws for Arkansas can be found here.

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Motorcycle Safety - [Click Here...] Reducing Highway Fatalities (FHWA) - [Click Here...] Governors Highway Safety Association - [Click Here...] Live Traffic Information (Fort Smith, Arkansas) - [Click Here...]

Understanding the Distracted Brain
"Understanding the Distracted Brain, Why Driving While Using Hands-Free Cell phones is Risky Behavior” was published this month by the National Safety Council. [Learn more...]

Distracted Driving
The Governors Highway Safety Association has released a new article in their Winter 2010 publication, Directions in Highway Safety, that addresses distracted driving. [Visit their website...]

State Traffic Safety Information For Year 2008
Quick, easy access to traffic safety facts from the NHTSA. [Visit their website...]

Safe Routes to School
A national and international movement to create safe, convenient, and fun opportunities for children to bicycle and walk to and from schools. The BSMPO has developed a A Tool Kit For Developing Safe Routes To School For The Bi-State Metropolitan Area. [Download Document...]

2008 Arkansas Highway Crash Statistics
As prepared by the Arkansas State Police. [Download from their website...]

2001 - 2007 Fort Smith, Crawford County, and Sebastian County Crashes, Fatalities, and Injuries
As prepared by the Arkansas State Police and Arkansas Highway Traffic.
[Download local jurisdictional traffic crash statistics...]

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) begins holiday crackdown on drunk drivers
Between 2002 and 2006, nearly 4 out of 10 fatalities that occurred during the last two weeks of December involved alcohol-impaired motor vehicle crashes, according to statistics released Dec. 17 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. [More...]

Beware of Black Ice
Driving during the winter presents a number of hazards, not the least of which is the risk of encountering black ice. [More...]

Fight Drowsy Driving
Many people have misconceptions about sleep, which the NSF dispels. [More...]

The American Trucking Associations releases safety agenda
The American Trucking Associations issued 18 recommendations as part of its Agenda for reducing highway-related fatalities and injuries. [More...]