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HB 5385 proposes allowing police to require suspected drugged drivers to submit to road-side chemical analysis of their saliva Would roadside saliva tests help Michigan police catch drugged drivers? Rep. Dan Lauwers (R-St. Clair County) thinks so. In his recently introduced House Bill 5385, Rep. Lauwers proposed that suspected drugged drivers should be subject to …
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Striking the balance between protecting an emerging technology that promises to save millions of lives, and compensating victims when driverless cars crash Worldwide, approximately 1.2 million people die every year in car and truck accidents, according to the World Health Organization. Of that number, approximately 30,000 to 40,000 people are killed every year in automobile …
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Michigan senators want to reduce points on driving records for speeders who endanger workers and other drivers with (SB 895-898). Why? Yesterday, I wrote about a recent, dangerous package of Senate bills (SB 895-898) that would allow drivers to go faster in construction work zones. These bills would also raise speed limits to up to …
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Is a driverless car pay-out fund that compensates car accident victims the solution? I’ve written a lot about the liability and tort issues being raised with the exciting future of driverless cars. To be clear, I am a big proponent of this technology. It brings wonderful possibilities to the table, such as a safer trucking …
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New research challenges this safety myth that driving is safer when using marijuana. There are real dangers. Is driving under the influence of marijuana safe? Is driving when you are high from smoking pot safer driver than if you are driving sober? Many people think so. In fact, it has become an urban legend that …
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As our roads become ever more pocked with deep potholes, many drivers are wondering what to do as they bump along. Road crews have been working overtime to repair the giant potholes that are appearing everywhere. As immense piles of snow from the most miserable winter I can remember melt and then freeze again and …
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“Ice Missiles” caused by snow and ice falling from roofs of cars and trucks are crashes just waiting to happen I recently wrote about the law in Connecticut called the “Ice Missile Law.” The law requires drivers to clean off all the snow and ice from their cars before driving, or else they can be …
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Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed laws that would allow “driverless” cars to be legally road-tested in Michigan. And the University of Michigan will be home to a $6.5 million, 32-acre test site for these driverless cars Driverless cars— also called self-driving cars, autonomous cars and robotic cars, even Google cars — are vehicles with advanced …
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Research shows testing drivers for marijuana may be effective to see if they’re ‘under the influence’ Police use a “breathalyzer” machine to test suspected drunk drivers to see if they’re driving under the influence of alcohol. But what if there was a “marijuana breathalyzer” that would enable the police to determine whether a driver was …
