Over the past ten years, there has been a nationwide trend of increasing pedestrian deaths in automotive accidents, with pedestrian fatalities increasing by 46 percent from 2010 to 2019. However, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic doubled down on this alarming trend and presented analysts with the Governors Highway Safety Association with the largest single-year «more»
Monday, May 24th saw the beginning of an enforcement crackdown on seat belt laws throughout New Jersey, as part of a nationwide campaign to encourage consistent use of this basic safety device. The state’s Division of Highway Traffic Safety offered grants to 134 state, county, and local law enforcement agencies to fund enforcement initiatives including «more»
Wrong-way automotive collisions are on the rise across the country, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. New Jersey, which definitely boasts its fair share of divided highways, has not been exempt from this distressing trend. The recently released AAA Foundation study examined data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) spanning the years «more»
On the morning of February 23 of this year, Tiger Woods was involved in a serious single-car collision when his vehicle left the roadway on a curved stretch of road in Rancho Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles, California. The sloping, windy roadway curved off to the right, but shortly after 7 AM, according to his «more»
The most recent addition to the First Family, a shelter rescue German shepherd named Major, has been in the news recently regarding two publicized biting incidents that took place on the White House grounds in March.
For several years, pressure has been increasing on police agencies across the country to keep a more thorough and accurate accounting of incidents in which police use force against members of the public. New Jersey has responded to this call for accountability by introducing an interactive database cataloging every occasion on which a New Jersey «more»
For New Jersey residents, heading “down the shore” or taking to the water is a popular way to beat the-summer heat.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And now, video can be priceless. Surveillance cameras capture video everyday all over the country. There are cameras on public streets that capture videos of accidents at intersections and speeding vehicles. Offices and business districts have security to record both inside and outside their buildings. Police «more»
There is no good reason to have a criminal record. People who have been convicted of certain crimes in New Jersey can have their record expunged after a certain period of time. People who have had their charges dismissed are immediately eligible to have their record expunged. How do you know if and when you «more»
For many of us, dogs and other pets are an indispensable part of our lives and our families. But as loving and playful as dogs often are, they are still animals driven by instinct, which can cause them to respond to frightening or unfamiliar situations with aggression – which can have horrifying consequences for anyone who finds him or herself on the wrong side of an agitated dog’s teeth.
