Left Behind, CDOT’s New Pedestrian Safety Campaign, Launched This Month

The Colorado Department of Transportation’s new pedestrian safety campaign was launched on August 19th outside of Union Station in Denver, with an emotional memorial to the pedestrian lives that were lost in Colorado in 2019. Entitled “Left Behind”, the memorial featured 76 pairs of shoes laid out in a row. These shoes represented each of the 76 pedestrian fatalities that occurred on...

Pedestrian Safety Tips

Inevitably, everyone one of us is a pedestrian at some point over the course of our day. So it’s disturbing to note that the number of fatal pedestrian accidents in the United States has increased.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pedestrian fatalities were up 3.4% in 2018, over the previous years numbers. The 6,283 pedestrian fatalities that year was...

Distracted Driving Facts

Despite years of messaging and public awareness campaigns centered around educating the populace on the dangers of distracted driving, it continues to be a persistent and deadly problem in the United States.  It’s not that everyone doesn’t understand that driving while distracted is a dangerous habit, it’s that we continue to do it despite knowing that fact. According to a study conducted...

Car Accident Related Traumatic Brain Injuries are Very Serious

According to a May 21st announcement from the Larimer County Coroner’s Office, the young man who was involved in an accident in south Fort Collins earlier this month, has tragically passed away. Around 6 a.m. on the morning of May 12th, 22-year-old Wellington resident, Dylin Baker, was driving west on Carpenter Road when his Subaru Legacy struck the side panel of an eastbound truck, and then...

Not Driving as Much? Now is a Great Time to Get Tirewise

Millions of Americans all across the country are stuck at home due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and most of us have gone from probably driving too much, to hardly driving at all. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging drivers to use a little of the extra free time they might find themselves with now, to get “TireWise” using a helpful resource they’ve made available at...