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Minnesota Fatal Accidents Haven’t Slowed

If the current rate of motor vehicle fatalities in Minnesota holds, the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) is projecting 440 Minnesota road deaths for 2009.
If true, the results would be in line with the number of  Minnesota traffic fatalities last year — 456.
In a press release this week, DPS said 104 people have died in Minnesota [...]

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DWI Arrests Hit 196 in March

A designated Minnesota drunk driver enforcement campaign resulted in 196 DWI arrests in March, about a third of which occurred around St. Patrick’s Day.
The State Patrol said the monthly total was the highest since the program known as NightCap started last October.
The program targets the 13 counties with the highest number of fatal accidents: Anoka, [...]

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Special DWI Enforcement Plan

The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety will fund special DWI enforcement efforts in five counties this year as part of a heightened enforcement effort to curtail drunken driving in counties with a history of alcohol-related crashes.
The five counties are Ramsey, Rice, St. Louis, Sherburne and Stearns.
According to the Winter 2009 newsletter of the Office of Traffic [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day Threat to Road Safety

Each year in Minnesota, alcohol-related crashes account for around 200 deaths and 3,000 serious injuries.
In law enforcement circles, St. Patrick’s Day has its own set of statistics that a good car accident lawyer knows from experience.
Statewide on St. Patrick’s Day, alcohol-related car accidents accounted for seven of 13 traffic deaths over the three most recent [...]

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Many U.S. Cars Driven on “Bald” Tires

The original research was done in 2001, but nothing since has contradicted government findings that a significant number of American motorists are driving on bald or improperly inflated tires
Absence of tire tread and low tire pressure are factors that can contribute to Minnesota car accident injuries and deaths.  If you are involved in an injury crash, [...]

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More Effort Needed to Curtail Fatal Accidents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week said significant progress has been made to reduce motor vehicle injuries, but additional efforts are needed to  reduce the number of deaths attributed to motor vehicles.
The CDC said the current national average motor vehicle death rate is well above the Healthy People 2010 objective.  The highest [...]

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