http://thetruckinsurancestore.com We've got you covered. Tue, 15 May 2012 04:13:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thetruckinsurancestore.com/highway-fatality-rate-falls-to-record-low http://thetruckinsurancestore.com/highway-fatality-rate-falls-to-record-low#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 03:05:59 +0000 Susan http://thetruckinsurancestore.com/?p=527 Early data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is indicating that the number of traffic fatalities in 2011 dropped 1.7% from 2010, the lowest number of deaths in more than 60 years. Safety experts are offering several factors for the decline. The number of miles driven was down by 1.2%, there was less driving due to the weak economy, more people are wearing seat belts, better safety equipment in cars and stepped up efforts to curb drunk driving. A Traffic Safety Facts Report is available on the NHTSA website.

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